Roblox has been put on notice yet again over child safety concerns. What do parents need to know?

Jason Doiy / Getty Images Online gaming platform Roblox has given a court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to do more “to protect children from grooming, sexual exploitation and abuse”.

The agreement comes after the eSafety commissioner discovered adults were still able to see child accounts on Roblox, as well as sending requests to connect.

This followed almost two years of back-and-forth between the eSafety commissioner and the game company over whether Roblox complies with industry standards for child safety.

Roblox has committed to implement robust measures, including: preventing adults from contacting unknown children without parental consent strengthening children’s account settings to be private by default providing accessible reporting tools to notify users of complaint outcomes engaging an independent auditor to assess its safety measures, including age-assurance checks.

How did we get here? While Roblox (like other gaming platforms) is exempt from Australia’s social media age restrictions, it must still comply with the Online Safety Act .

In late 2025, the company committed to making several changes to enhance child safety, including age-assurance checks for all users to access chat features.

However, by February 2026 the company was put on notice by eSafety over concerns about child grooming.

Additional design changes followed, with Roblox creating new “kids accounts” and enhancing parental controls.

Today’s announcement by eSafety marks the second notice of concern in only a six-month period.

Why is it so hard to make Roblox safe for kids? In April, I wrote about the steps Roblox was taking to significantly alter its design for children under 16.

The new design included two new age-based account types, for children aged 5–8 and 9–15.

The accounts included new features, including having the chat function set to “off” by default in Australia.

There were also controls for parents to manage chat and block access to specific games for children under 13.

Of course, these features rely on parental involvement, including decisions on the age at which the chat feature should be turned on.