Moderation Overlooking Modesty Layer Violations in Character Bundles

raskolibov · February 6, 2025, 11:44am

I have noticed that numerous character bundles on the Roblox Marketplace are violating the Marketplace Policy, specifically regarding the requirement of modesty layers for avatars resembling humans. Despite multiple attempts to report these bundles, no moderation action is taken, and these items remain on the Marketplace.

According to Roblox’s Marketplace Policy (Marketplace policy | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub), under the “Avatar Body Guidelines” section, modesty layers are required for avatars resembling humans. Moreover, all modesty layers must be fully opaque, with no exceptions.

Here is a direct excerpt from the policy:

Modesty layers are required if your avatar character resembles a human. A modesty layer is a layer of clothing that covers an avatar’s upper torso and lower torso. […] The lower torso modesty layer must provide full coverage from the avatar’s hips to the bottom of the groin and buttocks. The upper torso modesty layer is required if your avatar uses a skin-like texture in the chest area.

Additionally, the rule states:

All modesty layers must be fully opaque. While they can include artistic highlights, shadows, or textures, modesty layers that are sheer or partially transparent are not permitted.

Despite this policy, several bundles, particularly those from popular UGC creators, abuse this rule by using transparent or partially transparent modesty layers, which clearly violates Roblox’s policy on modesty layers.

I believe the issue arises because the characters in these bundles are displayed with a grey character model in the catalog, which might lead to moderators overlooking the transparency of the modesty layer during review. However, upon closer inspection of the dependencies or when checking the avatar torso, it is evident that the modesty layer is transparent, which is against the rules.

This violation falls under the “Romantic and Sexual Content” Community Standard, which Roblox enforces on avatars that do not meet the modesty layer requirements. As stated in the Marketplace Policy:

Roblox moderates avatars that do not follow the modesty layers requirements under the Romantic and Sexual Content Community Standard.

Despite this, no action has been taken to moderate these bundles, allowing creators to upload content that does not comply with Roblox’s guidelines. This oversight allows bundles with inappropriate content to remain on the Marketplace.

To address this, I suggest that moderators start checking dependencies and ensure that all modesty layers in character bundles meet the required opacity standards before approving bundles.

Expected Result:

Bundles should have fully opaque modesty layers, as required by Roblox’s Marketplace Policy. Transparent or partially transparent modesty layers should not pass validation, moderation, or remain on sale.

Actual Result:

Many bundles have transparent modesty layers, which can be confirmed by checking their dependencies. Despite violating the Marketplace Policy, these bundles are not being moderated, allowing creators to bypass the rules and upload inappropriate content.

Further Actions Required:

Review and moderate the listed bundles for policy violations.
Improve the validation and moderation process to detect transparent modesty layers, especially by considering dependencies.
Enforce stricter compliance with the Marketplace Policy to prevent further misuse.

Visual Proof:

To further demonstrate that these bundles violate the modesty layer requirements, I have attached screenshots showing that the modesty layers in the bundles are transparent. In the provided images, the transparency of the modesty layer can be clearly seen when examining the avatar’s torso. The grey avatar model in the catalog may hide the transparency, but upon closer inspection, the issue becomes evident.

Bundle Example 1: Blush Fashion Doll - Roblox

As you can see, the modesty layer on the torso of the bundle is transparent (Look at the shadow-like feature at the bottom of the torso, as it is a highly transparent modesty layer) :
Link to the dependencies: Blush Fashion Doll - Torso - Roblox

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Bundle Example 2: Hands In Pockets Chill Girl - Roblox

As you can see, the modesty layer on the torso of the bundle is transparent (Observe that the very short line at the bottom of the torso is transparent) :
Link to the dependencies: Hands In Pockets Chill Girl - Torso - Roblox

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Bundle Example 3: It-Girl Baddie Doll - Roblox

As you can see, the modesty layer on the torso of the bundle is transparent (Focus on the white and slightly transparent layer on the lower part of the torso) :
Link to the dependencies: It-Girl Baddie Doll - Torso - Roblox

Notice how, just by looking at these bundles, it seems like they have proper modesty layers. However, the bundle’s background is gray, which makes the modesty layer appear opaque. When viewing the dependencies, where the background consists of a different color or checkered blue squares, it becomes clear that the modesty layers are actually transparent. Additionally, some bundles may have a modesty layer on the upper part of the legs—be sure to check those as well, as they can also be transparent.

To demonstrate the extent of the issue, I will provide 2 examples of bundles from each popular UGC Creator who is bypassing the rules. This will give you a clearer understanding of how widespread the problem is:

Some of these creators were nominated for the Innovation Awards and even won, yet they are blatantly violating the rules.

Thank you for your attention to this matter, and I look forward to seeing a solution.

bvetterdays · February 6, 2025, 12:08pm

Not only this, but there’s a plethora of bundles uploaded each day that just don’t have a modesty layer at all, yet are not taken down when reported. Moderators have began overlooking this in the past few months, when previously they were very strict about it

Here’s a random one I found in the Recently Created sort:

BlueDeveloper24 · February 6, 2025, 12:38pm

You are wrong here, these bundles you mentioned have no reason to have their upper modesty layer since they dont have anything to hide.

Its you and your brain who sexualize everything you see. These bundles dont have any private part shown, just a blank surface so that is up to your imagination.

Seriously.

bvetterdays · February 6, 2025, 12:43pm

Have you read the Marketplace Policy? Do you realize the color of the body parts in these bundles can be changed to skin tone colors and then be used to create sexual avatars? Please don’t respond to this report if you have nothing to add

Wingardxxm · February 6, 2025, 12:43pm

I do think moderation needs to be improved quite a lot, there’s a lot of users posting and reuploading ROBLOX made assets which I think is a huge problem, especially for those who work very diligently on their own accessories and bundles all for the catalog to be pushed with stolen assets such as these ones I found (this group seems to be filled with a ton of stolen assets):

if I recall on the AMA they had a few days ago they did mention they would be taking action against creators who do this so hopefully we see a improvement in moderation overall

bvetterdays · February 6, 2025, 12:45pm

Absolutely, but this is a separate issue that I conveniently reported a few days ago:

Please give it a like and a bump if you’re interested

Also there’s a huge irony RE. the group you mentioned. Will PM you more info.

BlueDeveloper24 · February 6, 2025, 12:49pm

No, im just saying you guys are delusional. You guys sexualize everything you see even a cartoonish non humanlike chibby characters.

Children dont even care or think about these things.

Squidward from spongebob has no pants(Shocking)

Sonic has no clothing.
You should check disney characters from movies you will be surprised.

Yeah the child brain doesnt think the same way as the adult brain, so as long as there is no oversized or any private part representation there is no reason to censor bundles.

What is next? modesty layer on the original old blocky characters… oh LOL that already happened

AMisspelledUsernaem · February 6, 2025, 1:03pm

While some of these definitely should have a modesty layer, most of them do not resemble a human body. I can agree that “It-Girl Baddie Doll” is starting to resemble a human body the others do not, including the one you posted. These look more like lego character and don’t have a realistic human body look. If you look at the examples roblox provided they look way more human. In addition roblox will automatically apply 2d modesty clothing to transparent characters if you don’t wear any shirt or pants.

raskolibov · February 6, 2025, 1:11pm

This raises the question: why do those “Lego” bundles get deleted when they don’t have a modesty layer, while these half-transparent ones are clearly added to bypass the requirement and make it look like they have a modesty layer? If not for this, they would be deleted. Roblox moderates them under the “Romantic and Sexual Content” standard, whether you call them blocky or whatever else.

This bug report addresses very valid points. As for the replies from others, they’re either just opinions or off-topic. To those who haven’t contributed anything relevant: if you don’t have something genuine to add, it’s better not to reply at all, as it doesn’t help. This was genuinely a concern of mine.

AMisspelledUsernaem · February 6, 2025, 1:38pm

The reason they get moderated is because roblox moderation is awful. Roblox most likely doesn’t even look at the mesh and check if it resembles a human body or not (not talking about if it looks like the character has female characteristics or not). This post is about someone being unable to upload their custom body even though they’re clearly following the modesty guidelines.

Another example of roblox’s horrible moderation is all of the UGC accessories being focused on making a big female chest. While it’s natural they’re clearly meant for other purposes and definitely encourages it. According to roblox it’s against the guidelines to create accessories that encourage that type of behavior.

Not to mention the characters that are just recreations of characters from nsfw movies.
(These are off topic but prove my point that roblox moderation is inconsistent and bad)

It is difficult to determine what is actually breaking the TOS when roblox is so inconsistent with their moderation and at the end of the day it is really up to you if you choose to think it’s sexual that a lego character doesn’t have a black bar covering their chest area or not. Infact the second example you attached looks more like a modified roblox bundle, which does break other guidelines but since roblox uploaded the original package without modesty clothing there is clearly a line to be drawn somewhere between lego non human characters and human characters.

To make it clear, I do believe modesty clothing should be enforced on human looking characters, but it should also be clear that this rule should only apply to human looking characters. “Modesty layers are required if your avatar character resembles a human”

starhiker13 · February 6, 2025, 6:45pm

Thank you for the report. This is an acknowledgement message. We have assigned to our team for further review.

starhiker13 · February 6, 2025, 7:28pm

After careful examination, we confirm that the reported behavior is by design. Additional details around requirements for moderation can be found in the policy on Modesty layers. We appreciate your understanding.

raskolibov · February 6, 2025, 7:51pm

I don’t understand this because I’ve read your policy several times. In fact, I’d like to support my claim directly with screenshots. Below is a screenshot from the Marketplace Policy showing the example avatar bundles they provided regarding modesty layers being fully opaque and specifying which types of avatars they should be for.

The policy states that modesty layers must be completely opaque, yet all the ones in this report have around 0.5 transparency, which clearly violates this rule. Could you explain the design aspect of this?

Specifically, your policies already show how modesty layers should appear in bundles similar to these—take a look at the screenshot below, especially at the Scarlett bundle. The bundles in this report allow for the creation of characters that directly expose the avatar’s hips down to the groin area, which your policy does not permit.

I believe a review is necessary, or at least a clear explanation of what exactly you’re referring to, because what I’ve quoted here completely contradicts what you’re saying.