Leaked docs: how Roblox handles child grooming, automatic image scanning, mass shooting simulators, and more; Roblox says it has 2,600+ working on moderation
Joseph Cox / VICE : Tweets: @karlssonmax , @motherboard , @josephfcox , @motherboard , and @motherboard Tweets: Max V Karlsson / @karlssonmax : “ “Should we consider a text filter block on the word ‘Utøya’?” Maher wrote. “I think that would be an overreach,” Joel Silk, Roblox's senior director of moderation, replied.” https://twitter.com/... @motherboard : Another document lists some of the words that Roblox says relate to “grooming,” and appears to assign them a score. “Wish you were younger” is scored as a 3. “Can I get a {{media}} of you” is a 5. https://www.vice.com/... Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : New: leaked documents show how hugely popular gaming platform Roblox moderates content. Mass shooting simulators, groomers, more. If you cover content mod and are not looking at Roblox, you're missing one of the most important content mod discussions https://www.vice.com/... @motherboard : The documents, released by a hacker, show that Roblox uses a scoring system to determine the severity of a specific phrase. The categories include things like “underage,” “racist,” and “self_harm.” https://www.vice.com/... @motherboard : A Roblox quarterly review, also released in the hack, discusses how the game plans to handle “obscenity” in players' avatars. “How big of a ‘bulge’ is a problem for us?” one slide asks. https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...