The State Duma called to require gaming platforms to coordinate children’s purchases with their parents

“I am convinced that this must change by requiring gaming platforms to ensure that every financial transaction made by minors must be pre-approved by an adult,” the appeal reads.

According to the vice president, if the transaction was not authorized by the child’s adult representative, the user should have the right to return the money spent.

To do this, Chernyshov believes, it is necessary to introduce a series of regulations that will force gaming platforms to ensure the transparency of transactions by verifying the user’s age, adding a parental control function and additional confirmation for spending over a certain amount. determined.

The politician emphasized in a comment to RIA Novosti that “the current rules of operation” for gaming platforms like Roblox allow children to make payments for large amounts without parental consent; Chernyshov cited as an example cases when children transferred 500 thousand 1.3 million. rubles for virtual game assets.

Children often spend large amounts on games under the influence of scammers, Andrei Sidenko, head of child online safety at Kaspersky Lab, told Izvestia. “To gain trust and access bank cards, attackers use social engineering methods. Scenarios may vary. The main thing for scammers is to evoke a strong emotion in the child: joy, anticipation, fear,” the expert noted.