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.

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........

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