Roblox Agrees to Court-Enforceable Child Safety Overhaul in Australia

The Australian eSafety Commissioner has secured a court-enforceable undertaking from Roblox Corporation to overhaul child safety protections after discovering adults could contact children and view their profiles without parental consent. Testing revealed that children's account names, interests, and forum posts remained visible to adults despite safety updates implemented in December 2025. This action follows nearly two years of disputes regarding compliance with the Online Safety Act.

Under the agreement, Roblox must make children's accounts private by default, prevent adults from contacting unknown minors without parental permission, and improve complaint reporting systems. For the first time under the Online Safety Act, the company must hire an independent third-party auditor for a three-year term to evaluate its safety measures and age-estimation technology. Roblox has three months to implement these changes or face potential federal court orders for compliance.

While Roblox was previously excluded from Australia's under-16 social media ban as a gaming platform, the regulator indicated this status could change if social features are deemed the platform's dominant purpose. Separately, on August 19, 2026, Roblox released updated AI safety models, including the PII Classifier and Roblox Sentinel, to the Robust Open Online Safety Tools community to help other platforms detect child endangerment and moderate voice chat in real time.