![]() ![]() And this was after spending countless hours repeating ourselves to death about not talking to strangers online. We'd long since removed her from social media (unrelated to this event). This was the first we'd heard of what had happened. Turns out, some local pedophile had sent some dick pics to my 12 year old kid several months prior on Snapchat and they wanted to interview her. ![]() A few years ago I'm making breakfast for my wife (I work from home) and the doorbell rings - it's two town cops asking if I'm the parent of. > Not a parent so this is a legitimate question: why not try educating your child on these dangers and how to spot them?īecause predators are older and smarter than your average naïve kid. The trick is to identify the marks by how they behave in the game, and in the more popular, and social ones, I think that it is quite easy (in retrospect). Then they follow up on other platform calls (or phone calls) and follow the usual grooming techniques. ![]() My daughter was made to create instagram account and an a porn one. Then they are able to divert them to other platforms where there are fewer controls. The chat has tricks to get around removed words, so they all communicate in some sort of code that they all pick up along the way. It starts as in-game chat, which you can never see the history of, before moving to DMs. The groomers feed the celebrity, sense of community and so on to engage in chat. So just like fornite and skins in other games. I just googled, and it is current selling for $350. My daughter had a "super super happy face". Players flock around those that that have rare or expensive items. You gain skins, trade for rare items, buy Robux for real money that can be used to buy items. Roblox is a lot about bragging rights for individuals. Wherever you can, tell parents to flat-out block Roblox.Įdit: Because people are asking how it works. Luckily we caught it before it progressed too far, but some damage was done. Every time we, as parents, looked at what she was doing, it seemed okay. The initial contacts and grooming were made through Roblox. ![]() My daughter was roped into an online paedophile ring when she was 12. It _seems_ to have controls, and _seems_ to restrict bad behaviour, but it does not, and cannot. It is as dangerous as any dark corner of the Internet, except that it appears child-friendly to parents. ![]()
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