We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

In this episode of Hard Fork, hosts Kevin and Casey interview Dave Baszucki, the CEO of Roblox, about the platform's approach to child safety and new age-gating policies. They discuss the challenges of moderating a platform with over 150 million daily active users, the use of AI in content moderation, and the balance between safety and growth. Baszucki defends Roblox's safety measures, while the hosts press him on the effectiveness of those measures and the company's historical approach to communication between users of different ages. The conversation also explores the broader implications of child safety online and veers into a discussion about prediction markets and their potential (and problematic) applications within Roblox.