A popular Roblox game has become a way for players to bypass the game’s chat filters. Roblox has amassed a platform of over 90 million daily active users, and the company has been working to make the game a safe place for all its users. But with every update that the game makes in the right direction, groups of players find ways to circumvent the rules.
In May, Roblox discontinued its LegacyChatService and converted the game to TextChatService. The new chat service was put into place to follow the updated parental control restrictions in an effort to make the game a safer place for children. While the new chat made it harder for older games to operate, it did make it harder for hate speech to filter through.
A recent CBS News report discovered that a popular Roblox game called Spray Paint! has become the home of hate speech. Spray Paint! is a game based in a virtual skate park where players can graffiti walls with art or messages. The game is popular among artists for drawing characters and player avatars for content creation, but with the recent chat updates, it’s become the place for degrading messages. Walls and ramps...
