Overview
- The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets opened a formal investigation on January 30 into potential risks to underage EU users on Roblox, with work expected to last about one year.
- The inquiry proceeds under the EU Digital Services Act, which obliges large platforms to ensure a high level of safety and privacy for minors.
- Possible outcomes include a binding instruction, fines, or other penalties if the watchdog finds rule violations.
- The regulator flagged reports of children encountering violent or sexual content, being targeted by ill-intentioned adults, and facing misleading techniques that encourage purchases.
- Roblox said it is committed to complying with the DSA and highlighted a November announcement of facial-recognition age verification to restrict adult-child contact, as U.S. child-safety lawsuits continue.