{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/6891d95b3a582a36b39f0154?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Children's Game Site Roblox to Introduce Online Dating - 05/08/2025","description":"<p>Roblox, the online game-building platform popular with young children and teenagers wants to introduce online dating.</p><p><br></p><p>The move has been floated by Roblox CEO David Baszucki just as Ireland’s online regulator attempts to clampdown down on inappropriate activity for kids and teens online.</p><p>Mr Baszucki said that online dating on the platform was logical given some people’s shyness or fear of the dating scene. Roblox users, he said, would “have a virtual date to start and then, if they connect, move to the physical world.”</p><p><br></p><p>In this way, he told the American podcast <em>Tech Stuff</em>, Roblox could become a “wellness platform,” and something to “help loneliness and bring connection.”</p><p><br></p><p>Head of Education &amp; Innovation at CyberSafeKids, Philip Arneill, spoke to us this morning on The Agenda to give us his thoughts on this. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}