‘Roblox’ digital civility effort teaches it’s cool to be kind


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  • Friday, 22 Feb 2019

Roblox (Dreamstime)

LOS ANGELES: While the safety of children in online videogames remains a top priority in the industry, the massively popular game Roblox is also investing it what it believes is another key issue for gaming online: digital civility. 

Roblox, which just surpassed one billion hours of engagement by players, recently hired Laura Higgins, a renowned expert on Internet child safety and cyberbullying, to build out a new civility programme. 

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