Every week e-safety adviser Alan Mackenzie sends me weekly updates. They are useful teaching resources but also parent guides to keep you up to date with current trends.
Here are a few tips from this week’s updates:
More Concerns with Roblox
As one of the more popular games with all age groups, particularly younger children, Roblox is getting its fair share of negative press lately.
Most recently (13th April) Revealing Reality have released results of their investigation called ‘A Digital Playground – The Real Guide to Roblox’. As part of this investigation the researchers created multiple account pretending to be persons aged 5, 9, 10, 13 and 40+ in order to explore the safety settings and the user experience which included:
Adults and children can easily interact.
Easy access to highly suggestive environments, including participation in adult-themed conversations.
You can read the full report HERE, which was then followed up by two articles in The Guardian HERE and HERE, the latter of which is the experience of some parents and their own child’s use of Roblox.
