Roblox is introducing new parental controls that give dad and mom extra instruments to regulate the individuals their youngsters speak to and the experiences they’ll entry, according to a blog post from chief security officer Matt Kaufman.
The updates construct on modifications launched final 12 months, which included a particular kind of account dad and mom and caregivers can use to remotely handle some facets of how a toddler makes use of the platform, that adopted experiences highlighting occasions when Roblox failed to guard youngsters.
As a part of the brand new updates, dad and mom who’ve linked their account with a toddler’s will be capable to block and report particular individuals on that baby’s pals listing. Kaufman says within the publish that children beneath 13 can’t unblock customers which were blocked by their dad and mom, however they are going to be capable to request if these pals will be unblocked.
Mother and father can even now be capable to block their youngsters from with the ability to entry particular experiences and video games. Beforehand, they may solely block their children from accessing experiences at a sure content material maturity degree. As with blocked pals, youngsters beneath 13 received’t be capable to unblock experiences till they’re 13 or older, although they’ll request to entry them.
As well as, Kaufman says the corporate will now let dad and mom see the 20 experiences their youngsters have spent probably the most time in over “the final week.”