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.

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.

The move comes days after ITV News reported that teenagers were exposed to multiple examples of extremist content on the platform. | ITV National News

But while the current conversation around the stock focuses largely on quarterly bookings and margin pressures, the more interesting question is what Roblox will look like in five years. Because what's taking shape beneath the surface is not just a gaming company, but a digital platform with multiple engines for monetization.