Mum's warning after her nine-year-old was targeted by a predator on Roblox

Mum's warning after her nine-year-old was targeted by a predator on Roblox | 7.30

Roblox is one of the most popular platforms in the world: it is a gateway to a massive online universe hosting a seemingly endless number of mini-games, played by about 90 million users from 190 countries daily.
The colourful block characters in Roblox look like child's play, but its open chat room function has a dark side.
A British mother told 7.30 her nine-year-old daughter was targeted by a predator on Roblox in September. For legal reasons, we cannot reveal the mother or daughter's identity.
"I genuinely thought only children went on there. I was very naive," the woman said.
The girl was lured off the platform by a stranger who bombarded the girl with sexually explicit messages on multiple third-party messaging platforms.
Alysia Thomas-Sam and Mike Lorigan have this story.
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