Roblox Responds to the Online Sexual Harassment of a Young Girl

Controversy stirred a while back when a seven-year-old girl was sexually harassed in a Roblox game session. Now the developers have formulated a response to the instance, reassuring parents of the kids who play.

Back in April, a young girl was harassed by other players, who had modified their characters to include digital genitals. The girl's mother, horrified by this event, told a word of warning to other parents in a Facebook post.

Roblox themselves have since banned the player, and they now have released an official response to the situation as a whole. They stated that the incident was due to a hacker who had bypassed the game's protection systems to insert unauthorized animations. They reassure parents that the hack has been fixed, and the offending players have been permanently banned from the game.

The team is reportedly working with the original mother to help reinforce better online knowledge and awareness on the internet. They also stated that they are actively monitoring and submitting takedown requests for any YouTube videos explaining or encouraging the exploit.

"The incident involved one bad actor that was able to subvert our protective systems and exploit one instance of a game running on a single server. We have zero tolerance for this behavior and we took immediate action to identify how this individual created the offending action and put safeguards in place to prevent it from happening again."

This may be your standard PR disaster control, but it's better than silence at least.