Roblox Is Rolling out Age-Based Accounts for Children and Teens

The popular gaming platform Roblox is rolling out separate aged-based accounts for children as the company faces mounting scrutiny over allegations that it failed to shield kids from child predators and inappropriate content. The safety upgrades will put users ages 5 to 8 in Roblox Kids Accounts which disable all messaging and restrict users to age-appropriate games, and those ages 9 to 15 will be put into Roblox Select accounts which gradually introduce more chat functions and “moderate” co