Overview
- Córdoba’s Education Ministry ordered internet providers to filter Roblox on Educar-managed school networks and informed all schools by circular, with national connectivity officials confirming the block is active.
- The City of Buenos Aires imposed an identical restriction on Oct. 31 after families reported a suspected grooming case involving students outside school hours.
- Santa Fe’s education authorities are assessing whether to implement similar measures following the steps taken in Buenos Aires and Córdoba.
- Officials cite risks that include easy age falsification, contact with strangers, addictive game dynamics, and microtransactions, noting the platform’s extensive use by children in Argentina.
- Education leaders and experts emphasize that restrictions are only a first step and must be coupled with digital-literacy efforts and parental controls, with Buenos Aires preparing guidance and applying existing protocols for digital-violence cases.