Roblox is introducing separate age-based accounts for children and teens

Tech NewsRoblox is introducing separate age-based accounts for children and teensThe company has faced mounting scrutiny for alleged failures to shield its young users from child predators and inappropriate content.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Roblox’s introduction of age-based accounts builds on the age verification measures the platform launched earlier this year.Brent Lewin / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 13, 2026, 3:25 PM EDTBy Angela YangRoblox is rolling out separate age-based accounts for minors on the popular gaming platform, the company announced Monday.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Starting in early June, the platform will put users aged 5 to 8 in a Roblox Kids account, which disables all messaging by default and restricts users to games with a content maturity label of “minimal” or “mild.” Those aged 9 to 15 will be put into Roblox Select accounts, which gradually introduce more chat functions and allow access to games up to “moderate” content maturity.It’s the latest in a slew of safety updates to come to Roblox — the world’s biggest social gaming ecosystem for kids with more than 151 million daily active users — as the company faces mounting scrutiny for alleged failures to shield its young users from child predators and inappropriate content.At least seven states have sued Roblox on issues of child safety on the platform, with more states investigating their own potential cases. Roblox is also at the center of dozens of individual lawsuits that have been consolidated into multidistrict litigation in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.These lawsuits represent the cases of children around the country who are alleged to have been groomed by predators on Roblox. In some cases, families allege that victims died by suicide or were sexually assaulted in person after they were lured from their homes.Roblox’s in...