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with other players entirely (Figure
6
) or customize chat control with a selection of chat
options: no chat, chat with friends, chat with everyone [
71
]. One distinct feature that sets
Roblox
apart from
Whyville
and
Autcraft
is “avatar clothing detection,” an automated feature
that examines whether player avatars were shown as wearing appropriate attire. Having
such an automatic detection of avatar design brings additional monitoring of the safety
and appropriateness of visual information displayed to players.
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which are moderated by
Roblox
. To comply with COPPA regulations, users under 13 years
old cannot change their age setting [97].
Roblox
allows parents to limit their children’s
access to only a curated list of age-appropriate games for these young players.
Roblox
uses a combination of human moderators and software moderation for proac-
tive chat filtering before users communicate with each other [98]. The chat filtering system
for these users also restricts direct messages with only players who are accepted as friends
[71,72,97]. Additionally, players can independently report inappropriate chat messages or
content via the Report Abuse system throughout the site and in-game. Parents can use
account restriction and/or an account PIN code feature to disable direct messaging with
other players entirely (Figure 6) or customize chat control with a selection of chat options:
no chat, chat with friends, chat with everyone [71]. One distinct feature that sets
Roblox
apart from
Whyville
and
Autcraft
is “avatar clothing detection,” an automated feature that
examines whether player avatars were shown as wearing appropriate attire. Having such
an automatic detection of avatar design brings additional monitoring of the safety and
appropriateness of visual information displayed to players.
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