Roblox Will Roll Out Age-Based Accounts Amid Child-Safety Push

Starting in early June, the popular online game platform plans to group its younger users into two new account types: "Roblox Kids" for those ages 5 to 8, and "Roblox Select" for those ages 9 to 15. Everyone else ages 16 and older will be in an age group called "Roblox." 

The company said that Kids and Select accounts will have distinct background treatments across the Roblox apps to make it clear which account type is being used. Accounts will be assigned to age groups as determined by the platform's global age-check technology or by a verified parent. 

Roblox's CEO and founder, David Baszucki, detailed the changes in a blog post on Monday, including restrictions for each account type and the parental control options that will soon ...