Roblox security flaws expose minors to exploitation risks, investigation finds

The online gaming platform Roblox is under fire following an investigation by Contranoticia that uncovered significant security vulnerabilities. These flaws reportedly expose underage users to risks of grooming, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking, despite existing public policies aimed at prevention.

Over a month-long exploration using profiles of a minor girl and an adult woman, the digital outlet discovered that users can easily register false ages. The system also allows adults to contact minors outside the platform's control mechanisms and access content unsuitable for their age. Flor Huayana, coordinator at Promsex, highlighted the lack of protection networks for children and adolescents, leaving them without trusted adults to guide them on social media precautions.

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one of the problems that aggravates the risk is the absence of protection networks for girls, boys, and adolescents to have guidance or be able to talk to a trusted adult, in order to receive information about the precautions they should take on social media.

Raisa Ferrer, a researcher, noted that the early access to digital technologies has not been matched by media literacy strategies for minors. This gap can transform social media into spaces where aggressors build trust to move communication to other platforms or arrange in-person meetings. The investigation's findings emerge as reports of sexual propositions to minors via technology persist in Peru. The Interior Ministry recorded 176 such complaints in 2025 and 23 cases between January and March 2026.

The journalistic work, part of the 'No More Invisible Women' project, documented several cases from the past year involving kidnapping, disappearance, and adults seeking sexual exploitation of minors through the platform. Specialists agree that preventing the online recruitment of minors requires a joint strategy involving the Education, Health, Women, and Interior ministries, along with dedicated budgets, specialized personnel, and widespread information campaigns for families, teachers, and students.

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the increasingly early access to digital technologies has not been accompanied by media literacy strategies that help minors identify risks on the internet, which can end up turning social networks into spaces where aggressors generate trusting relationships to move communication to other platforms or arrange face-to-face meetings.