Roblox has faced criticism for allowing youngsters to access inappropriate content and communicate with adults, and is being sued over child safety concerns in several US states. The launch also comes just ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s - the government is under pressure to include gaming platforms such as Roblox.

Roblox is tightening its guardrails around safety. In a Friday post, chief safety officer Matt Kaufman announced sweeping changes to the company's policies. The company is expanding its long-standing ban on sexual and romantic content to include "content ...

Gaming giant, Roblox, is rolling out major new safety features to reduce adult – child contact on the platform, bring parents a much wanted sigh of relief.

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite genre, he'd go with RPGs, but he wasn't, so he didn't.