Roblox game developers have also complained that the age verification system is hurting their games by decimating their chat ...

Roblox’s safety update is locking some users out of chat, deleting old messages and pushing frustrated players off-platform.

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

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

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...