Roblox因多起儿童安全诉讼加强对用户生成内容的管控
内容总结:
游戏平台Roblox因未成年人安全问题强化内容监管
多起诉讼后推出分级限制与AI审核工具
在面临多起指控其未能保护未成年用户的诉讼后,全球知名UGC游戏平台Roblox宣布全面升级内容安全政策。平台将实施严格的年龄分级制度,并启用新型AI工具自动识别违规内容,以回应用户安全担忧。
根据Roblox官网公告,平台将禁止13岁以上用户访问未评级内容(即用户自创游戏),仅允许开发者及其合作成员进入。该政策预计数月内落地,彻底改变此前相对宽松的访问规则。针对社交类场景,所有涉及卧室、浴室等私密空间的场景将仅对完成身份验证的17岁以上用户开放,酒吧、俱乐部等成人场所同样适用此限制。
为配合新规执行,Roblox将部署自动监测系统实时捕捉违规场景。一旦服务器累计违规次数达到阈值,相关场景将被强制下线,需经平台审核整改后方可恢复运营。
此次政策调整源于美国路易斯安那州总检察长等提起的诉讼,指控平台存在未成年人保护漏洞。Roblox在专项声明中强调:"平台始终致力于打击剥削行为,所谓我们故意置用户于风险中的指控完全不实。但需承认,没有系统能百分百拦截恶意行为,尤其当不良行为者试图将用户诱导至其他安全标准不明的平台时。"
业内人士指出,此次改革标志着Roblox从"自由创作"向"安全优先"的重大转型,或将对全球UGC平台的内容治理产生示范效应。
中文翻译:
在接连遭遇多起儿童安全诉讼后,Roblox平台对用户生成内容实施严格管控。玩家将面临更多基于年龄的分级限制,平台还将推出自动检测不良内容的新工具。
由于被指控未能为未成年用户提供安全环境,这家游戏平台在遭遇系列诉讼后对其政策进行了全面更新。为消除近期争议,Roblox在官网发文详述了重大调整措施:所有未评级体验场景(即用户自创游戏)将仅对开发者及其合作团队开放。该公司表示新规将在未来数月内推行,这标志着其政策导向的重大转变——此前13岁以上用户均可访问未评级内容。
为杜绝不当行为,所有呈现卧室/卫生间等私密空间的"社交聚会"场景将仅限于17岁以上且完成身份验证的用户。平台还将限制以私密空间或酒吧/俱乐部等成人场所为主要场景的社交游戏,仅对年满17周岁并通过身份核验的用户开放。为配合新规实施,Roblox将推出自动检测"违规场景"(即违反平台规则的用户行为)的新工具。根据新政策,累计违规次数达标的服务器将被自动关停,需经平台团队审核调整后方可重新上线。
此次政策调整源于多起指控Roblox未履行未成年人保护义务的诉讼。针对路易斯安那州总检察长的起诉,Roblox在另一份声明中强调其持续打击剥削行为并不断升级审核机制。
"任何关于本公司蓄意使用户面临剥削风险的说法均属不实,"声明指出,"虽无系统尽善尽美,且不法分子会不断变换手段规避监管——包括诱导用户转至安全标准和审核机制不同的外部平台,但我们始终致力于筑牢防护壁垒。"
英文来源:
Roblox cracks down on its user-created content following multiple child safety lawsuits
Players can expect more age-based restrictions and a new tool that automatically detects inappropriate content.
Following a wave of lawsuits alleging that Roblox doesn't provide a safe environment for its underage users, the gaming platform made a series of sweeping updates to its policies. To address recent concerns, Roblox published a post on its website detailing these major changes, including restricting all unrated experiences, which is what Roblox calls its user-generated games, to the developer or those actively working with them. Roblox said this change will roll out in the coming months, representing a big shift from its previous policy that allowed users 13 or older to access unrated experiences.
To further prevent any inappropriate behavior, any "social hangout" experiences that depict private spaces, like bedrooms or bathrooms, will be limited to ID-verified users who are 17 or older. Roblox will also restrict social hangout games that mostly take place in those previously-mentioned private spaces or adult-only places, like bars or clubs, to users who are at least 17 and have been ID-verified. To assist with the new rules, Roblox will roll out a new tool that automatically detects "violative scenes," or more simply, user activity that goes against the rules. According to Roblox's new policies, a server that hits enough violations will automatically get taken down and will have to work with the Roblox team to adjust the experience and get it back online.
These policy changes come after several lawsuits were filed against Roblox that claim the game doesn't protect its younger users. In response to the lawsuit filed by Louisiana's attorney general, Roblox wrote in a separate post that it works to block any efforts at exploitative behavior and constantly enhances its moderation approaches.
"Any assertion that Roblox would intentionally put our users at risk of exploitation is simply untrue," the company statement read. "No system is perfect and bad actors adapt to evade detection, including efforts to take users to other platforms, where safety standards and moderation practices may differ.