Child-safety advocates have criticized the ease with which kids on Roblox can chat with people they don’t know — an issue the changes may address. As of September, Roblox no longer lets ...

Gaming platform Roblox has announced new safety tools which will allow parents to block people from their child's friend list, as well as block individual experiences on the popular site.

Roblox has implemented age estimation technology which can detect a user’s age through a video selfie. This is optional, though, and those over 13 years old can verify their age via ID.

Roblox announced today they have designed more safety tools to protect younger gamers, adding in more parental controls soon. More adjustments and tools to protect kids in Roblox in the next ...

While some experts remain sceptical about Roblox's updates, my research shows that many of the changes they've made do indeed have the potential to tangibly improve the safety and well-being of ...

Everything you need to know about Roblox's child safety policies, how to set up parental controls, and recent controversies surrounding the platform. By Dave Irwin on August 4, 2025 at 5:33AM PDT ...

The online gaming platform Roblox announced new safety measures tor teenagers. The new "age estimation technology" will require users to take a selfie video which will be analyzed by AI to ...

(Gray News) – The company behind Roblox, an online video gaming platform and game creation system, has announced new updates made for the safety of its younger users. In a Monday release, the Roblox ...

Roblox Corp. is adding new safety features, including an age-estimation tool that relies on video selfies, in an effort to better protect its kid-heavy user base. The gaming platform is changing ...

Roblox announces new child-safety rules and here’s all you need to know By Matthew Mohan-Hickson Technology writer Comment Published 24th Oct 2024, 13:36 BST ...

Anonymity, he says, is vital to ensuring child safety in digital environments. Meanwhile, Roblox’s policy prevents them from discussing active lawsuits.

In 2020, Roblox boasted that half of the children in the U.S. were active on the platform. Last year, about 40% of Roblox’s 85 million daily active users were under age 13.