‘Joe’, whose identity we are protecting, told ITV News that he has first-hand experience of being radicalised on Roblox when he was just 15 years old.
Joe lives in the US, but said he wouldn’t be surprised if people in the UK are facing the same dangers.
@georgehancorn_’s investigation has exposed extremist content on gaming platform Roblox. You can watch the full report by clicking the article link on this video.
A Roblox spokesperson gave us this statement in response to our findings:
"We have a strict policy prohibiting content or behaviour that incites, condones, supports, glorifies, or promotes any terrorist or extremist organisation or individual. We employ measures to review content and behaviour on our platform at several levels to swiftly identify, block, and remove content or users in breach of our strict community standards.
“We have a dedicated team of investigators who proactively look for signals of violative content on the platform, and we use advanced AI technology to review images, text, and avatar items prior to publishing, in order to prevent known extremist iconography from being posted.
"No system is perfect, but as a result of the effectiveness of our teams and technology, it is very unlikely that someone would stumble upon these types of experiences or content. For example, in one of the games shared with us by ITV News, the visit numbers were very low – just a few hundred. By comparison, the most popular games on Roblox have billions of visits. In any case, we took swift action to remove the game from the platform."
Roblox also explained that users should report anything that could make them feel "uncomfortable" or that "could be in breach of standards."
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