The gaming platform poses both content concerns and safety risks that put minors in “the Devil’s crosshairs.” The company says tighter restrictions are coming.

SAN MATEO, CA — At first, the messages seemed normal. Innocent, even. “Hi,” “How are u?” And then: “Do you want to make Robux?” To millions of kids who play Roblox every day, those words might seem ...

The Office of the Tennessee Attorney General announced on Thursday that the state is suing gaming giant Roblox over what it calls child safety misrepresentations after several cases of Tennessee ...

Players under 9 years old will have chat turned off by default unless a parent approves its use after age verification.

After announcing it back in 2025, Roblox’s age verification has landed globally, requiring players to submit a facial image ...

Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.

Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a ...

The gaming giant described the rollout as a "significant milestone" toward achieving the "gold standard for communication ...

“Tens of millions of daily active users have already completed an age check, and we expect many more to follow,” Roblox says.

Further to the voluntary age checks rolled out to "limit communication between minors and adults" back in November, ...

Roblox began requiring the age check for chat access in December in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, following ...

This implementation is our next step toward what we believe will be the gold standard for communication safety,’ the ...