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.

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

UPDATE 1/7: Roblox's mandatory facial verification for chat features is now rolling out to users worldwide. All players aged 13 or above will be prompted to complete the checks over the next week.

If you want to experience the renaissance of Roblox gaming, step into the time machine, and you’ll see how we used to do it back in my day (I am not that old; I was like 7 when Roblox released), and ...

Original Story (10/18): Roblox is now rolling out facial age checks and age-based grouping for chat features on a voluntary basis ahead of it becoming mandatory in select markets next month. Once ...