Roblox, the popular gaming and creation platform for children, is updating its parental controls to enable users to better manage their child’s activity on the app. In what the company is a calling a “major update” to its parental and safety systems,

Roblox, the digital games platform popular with children and tweens, has introduced what it called "significant updates" to parental controls and will stop children younger than 13 from directly messaging other gamers.

Roblox is starting to roll out some recently-announced child safety features, and the updates include some new limitations for how users under 13 can communicate on the platform. Beginning Monday, users younger than 13 won’t be able to DM players outside of games or experiences on Roblox.

As with any platform catered to children, there are a lot of protective guidelines in place. Today, Roblox announced that even more tools are on the way that will give parents more granular control over what their children are exposed to while playing the game.

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In a bid to tighten protection of children in-game, Roblox Corporation has announced a list of new features and parental controls for the beloved sandbox title.