By Dhirendra Tripathi
Investing.com – Roblox stock (NYSE:RBLX) fell 1% on Tuesday after a BBC report revealed alarming sexual content in some games on the platform.
The BBC investigation also points to how vulnerable children are while playing some of the games.
The Roblox platform has gained popularity given that it allows users to create their own games and play with others. The company provides developers tools to create the games.
Roblox sex games are commonly referred to on the platform as ‘condos’. Players in condos can freely talk about sex with the space even enabling virtual sex between their avatars.
"We know there is an extremely small subset of users who deliberately try to break the rules," BBC quoted a Roblox spokesperson as saying.
While Roblox tries its best to take these games offline, some explicit content does slip through, BBC’s findings reveal.
Roblox put out a blogpost on February 4, detailing what it is doing to protect users. "We have had a safety-first culture ever since Roblox first launched in 2006, and always will, which means we will always prioritize actions that protect our users, even when that means superseding other considerations, such as unrestricted speech," the post said.