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Roblox updates its safety systems and parental controls under outside pressure

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Under outside pressure, Roblox announced updates to its safety systems and parental controls today to protect children.

In a blog post, Matt Kaufman, chief safety officer at Roblox said the updates will better protect the platform’s youngest users and provide easy-to-use tools to give parents and caregivers more control and clarity over what their children do on Roblox.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.