Roblox announced major parental controls, blocking kids under 13 from direct messaging and rolling out stricter content limits after growing safety concerns.

October 7 will mark an end of an era for Roblox, as the popular sandbox game is getting ready to sunset one of its long-running features.

Roblox, the digital games platform popular with children and tweens, has introduced what it called "significant updates" to parental controls and will stop children younger than 13 from directly ...