Oct 11 (Reuters) - As online gaming platform Roblox Corp (RBLX.N) confronts a lawsuit alleging it enabled a California girl's exploitation, its chief scientist said finding dangerous content in the company's virtual world is nothing like spotting it in video.
He had no comment on the recent lawsuit but said Roblox was built with safety and civility at the forefront.
San Mateo, Calif.-based Roblox is deploying bots to patrol user-generated games and press buttons to detect any dangerous content that players have disguised.
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McGuire said Roblox bars users from posting phone numbers or off-platform links.