My 11-year-old daughter made more than 300 in-app purchases over five days on Roblox, the online games platform, resulting in a £2,400 bill on my wife’s PayPal account. Roblox, Apple and PayPal have all refused to refund the money. TON, Lymm, CheshireSeveral parents have contacted me after their children unwittingly ran up shock bills while using Roblox. If their devices are linked to their parents’ PayPal or Apple log-ins, it’s their card that will be debited. Roblox says: “We strive to make it very difficult for children to make unauthorised purchases, such as not storing billing information.

Source: The Guardian February 25, 2021 07:00 UTC