The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the gaming platform or that the platform helps facilitate child sexual exploitation and grooming.

Eliza Jacobs, the senior director of product policy at Roblox, talks with WRAL anchor Ashley Rowe about the platform's safety features and what major change the gaming app is planning to launch.

The online gaming site Roblox has become quite well-known among kids and teenagers. Users of the platform can make their own virtual games on it, play them, and communicate with other gamers while doing so. Unfortunately, Roblox titles cannot be played ...

Roblox will now require age checks for communications between users, with facial age estimation (FAE) as a biometric option.

Google and Roblox have teamed up to create a game that teaches kids how to spot internet scams and to increase caution regarding the sharing of personal information online. The suite of experiences is called, and I quote, Be Internet Awesome World.