“If you’re not comfortable, don’t let your kids be on Roblox,” Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki told the BBC. “That sounds a little counter-intuitive, but I would always trust parents to make ...

Roblox, the digital games platform popular with children and tweens, ... But anyone younger than 13 will by default no longer be able to send direct messages, the company said, ...

If your kids play Roblox, check their messages. ... Enabling Account Restrictions will lock an account's Contact Settings so that no other user can send messages nor chat in-app or in-experience.

Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games and experiences on the platform, the company said Friday. Roblox also announced a series of other built-in protections ...

Previously, this age group could send direct messages, both inside and outside games, and public broadcast within a game. Now, under 13 users can only do the latter.

A Florida teenager is facing charges as an adult after he allegedly convinced children to send him sexual abuse material over a popular online gaming site called Roblox, and authorities say there ...

Roblox, Discord sued for allegedly facilitating child sexual exploitation ... to be in the game with our client and send a direct message," Murphy said. "That was the first contact, ...

A financial firm accused game platform Roblox of ... So you can type as you're chatting inside the game and Roblox actually processes 50,000 chat messages ... and he was encouraging her to send ...

Roblox has announced it will block under-13s from messaging others on the online gaming platform as part of new efforts to safeguard children. Child users will not be able to send direct messages ...

Sykes was accused of using Roblox to send messages to a 10-year-old, reportedly urging the child to harm a two-month-old infant.

This story was updated to clarify that users under 13 cannot directly message others on the platform, regardless of parental permission. Topics Apps , Gaming , parental controls , Roblox , Social ...