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Andy Chalk

Roblox adds new rules for players under 13 following scathing child safety report

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Roblox has rolled out new policies aimed at restricting the content children on the platform can access and how they're able to interact with other players, as well as a new type of account that gives verified parents the ability to monitor and manage what their kids are doing in the game.

Users under the age of 13 will no longer have access to most chat functionality on the Roblox platform outside of games under the new policy, initially announced earlier this month, and their search results and recommendations will exclude any games without maturity labels. Roblox is also making changes to its content labels: Instead of age ratings, Roblox will apply labels "based on the type of content users can expect in an experience," a change it said "should provide parents greater clarity to make informed decisions about what is appropriate for their child."

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