The Korea Times
SYDNEY — Australia's internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox and Microsoft's Minecraft to spell out how they were protecting children from grooming by sexual predators and youth from radicalisation. The eSafety regulator said it had issued legally enforceable transparency notices to Roblox, Minecraft, Epic Games' Fortnite and Valve's Steam covering systems, staffing and safety aligned with cyber security protocols. Companies must respond to the notices, with non-compliance exposing them to penalties and potential civil action. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said gaming-adjacent services, including encrypted messaging, can be the first point of contact between children and offenders in cases of grooming, sexual extortion and radicalisation. "What we often see after these offenders make contact with children in online game environments, they then move children to private messaging services," Inman Grant said in a statement. She said gaming platforms also function as social spaces, noting nine in 10 Australians aged eight to 17 have played onl
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