Police warn that children as young as five-years-old are seeing naked Lego-type characters having sex on Roblox app

POLICE are warning that children as young as five are seeing naked Lego-type characters having sex on a popular app.

They say Roblox also lets strangers send “inappropriate” private messages, while kids can chat to other players using their earphones.

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Officers in Kent were told by pupils at one school of “adult things” they had seen while using the free gaming app that can be downloaded on phones, tablets and consoles.

In a letter sent home from Bredhurst Primary School, Gillingham, cops told parents: “Most children disclosed that they had online friends in Roblox that their parents didn’t know about.

“It got worse when many of the children stated they had received many in-game messages from ‘strangers’ and that they hadn’t told their parents.

“All of the children had seen ‘naked’ characters doing very adult things.”

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Cops urged parents to check their kids’ Roblox “friend” lists and report any concerning messages.

Roblox was created in 2006 but only recently became an online craze with young children.

It now boasts 56million players a month.

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California-based Roblox Corporation says parents can control who kids contact and what content they see..

Tami Bhaumik, vice president of marketing and community safety, said: "While we applaud the precautions of the head teacher at Bredhurst primary school, her letter is based on false and misleading facts from an online safety site blog post that was first published in October 2017.

"All games on Roblox must comply with our Rules of Conduct.

"Our safety team reviews every uploaded image, video, and audio file used within our games to make sure they are safe and age appropriate. "Parental involvement is critical to a fun and safe experience.

"To that end we have created extensive parental controls for our games and a detailed Roblox Parent's Guide that provides information to parents to help create a Roblox experience that's best for their child.”