Roblox Supports Safer Internet Day
Roblox is proud to support Safer Internet Day, a global day of action designed to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children, teens, and young adults. Beginning today and through the end of February, live events, workshops, and panels will be held around the world. The goal of this day is to inspire a global conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. As a company, we’ve spent nearly two decades working to make Roblox one of the safest online environments for our users, particularly our younger users. We believe strongly that a safer internet is a better internet for everyone.
Our vision is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility. When we say civility, we mean making healthy, positive, and respectful connections. The goal of Safer Internet Day is very similar to that of our Civility Initiative, which focuses on empowering people with the knowledge and tools to create positive experiences for themselves both online and off.
In fact, over the past year, we’ve shipped more than 40 improvements and updates to our safety systems as part of our focus on making Roblox safer by default. These improvements include major updates to our parental controls and launching a new Teen Council, which will bring together a group of teenagers to serve as advocates for online civility and well-being. We have also partnered with expert organizations around the world to create resources for tweens, teens, parents, and caregivers on a range of topics, including generative AI, emotional safety on Roblox, Cyberbullying, and resources for families of Neurodivergent Young People.
“In addition to focusing on child safety, Roblox also promotes civility, which is increasingly important for interactive online experiences,” said ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid. “Its parental controls strike a thoughtful balance—empowering parents to manage their child’s access to messaging, age-inappropriate games, and screen time, while still respecting the child's privacy.”
How Roblox Is Participating
As part of our support of this year’s Safer Internet Day, we are participating in events across the globe, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the United Arab Emirates. Our leaders are speaking at events in these regions to discuss our innovative approach to safety by design, meaning that every team at Roblox helps ensure that our products are designed from the beginning with safety in mind.
In the United States, we’ll be leading a panel discussion with ConnectSafely titled “Thriving Online: Promoting Resilience and Well-Being in a Connected World,” which will focus on the intersection of safety and youth mental health. The goal of this and the other panels is to give young people a platform where they can share their thoughts on policies and issues that impact their lives and to facilitate dialogue between students, parents, educators, industry leaders, and policymakers. This event aligns closely with Roblox’s focus on prioritizing youth voice in safety and civility.
Earlier this week, we announced that we are a founding member of Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST), a new nonprofit dedicated to building scalable and resilient safety tools. We also shared our plans to open-source several of our innovative AI safety models later this year, including updates to our open-source voice safety classifier, plans to release additional classifiers, and an LLM for iterating on content policies.
In keeping with one of this year’s themes, “Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online,” we’ve partnered with Childnet International to create a quiz to help tweens spot scams and misinformation.
We’re excited to be part of this global discussion around online safety and keeping children safer online.
This Safer Internet Day, please visit our Civility Site for useful advice and resources from our partners. Our Parent and Caregiver Guide to Roblox has useful information for parents, including how to link their account to their child’s to set parental controls.