Roblox is implementing a new safety measure that requires facial age verification to access chat features following its involvement in a lawsuit that accuses the gaming platform of causing harm to children.

A mother is suing Roblox, a popular online platform, with the hope of preventing other parents from experiencing tragedy - a child’s suicide.

Popular social game platform Roblox has begun its voluntary age checks for players using in-game chat features. The change brings age-based communications to the platform, allowing players to communicate only with users within their age group.

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.

Roblox announced new safety measures Tuesday following a lawsuit filed by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, who described the platform as a "playground for predators."

Roblox is going viral after banning seemingly every username with the numbers ’69’ in them, leaving players frustrated.

Any eligible IP holder can offer content for use on Roblox after debuting with a select number of partners earlier this year

In a surprising turn of events for the gaming industry, Turkey has decided to ban the renowned children’s gaming platform Roblox. The embargo was sanctioned just days after they issued a nationwide blockade on Instagram reportedly over censorship issues.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, announced on Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit against the Roblox Corporation.