Roblox gets safer

There are lots of new features designed to protect young people.

Gaming service Roblox is still growing: it now has more than 88.9 million people playing on it every day. However, in the last few months the company has been facing questions about how safe it is for young people to use Roblox. Now Roblox is making a series of changes to address these concerns. The changes include adding new controls for parents and carers, who can link their own Roblox accounts to their children’s. From there they can see how much time their children are spending playing, as well as their friends list. The adults will also be able to set daily screen-time limits. When the time runs out, Roblox won’t be playable until the next day. Roblox is also changing its rules on how young people can communicate when…

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