Roblox Explains Age-Based Accounts and Its Safety Culture
The roundtable frames the new age-based accounts as the visible result of a company culture that spends a significant share of executive meeting time on safety, rather than as one-off features.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Roblox held a media roundtable explaining its safety philosophy behind the age-based accounts Roblox Kids and Roblox Select, implemented in June 2026. Senior Vice President and Chief Design Officer Masatsugu Kato detailed the platform's demographics, noting users 13 and under are about one-third of the total, and outlined the accounts' restrictions and review process.
Roblox's new age-based accounts, rolled out globally in June 2026, are the product of a safety culture that takes up a large share of executive meeting time, the company said at a media roundtable.
Masatsugu Kato, Senior Vice President and Chief Design Officer, said 1 to 2 hours of the weekly 4-hour management meeting, including the CEO, are spent on safety discussions. He described safety measures not as one-off initiatives but as an internal culture.
Roblox Kids, for ages 5 to 8, has chat off by default and a blue screen color scheme so parents can identify the environment at a glance. Roblox Select, for ages 9 to 15, allows chat but only between users of similar ages, cutting off contact with different age groups by design rather than by individual judgment.
Both accounts sit on a three-stage content review process: developer confirmation, AI-based real-time scene evaluation, and publication after review.
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