Roblox to extend age checks in attempt to curb adults talking with children

Company says changes to gaming platform will root out bad actors' after child safety concerns over unsupervised interaction

The gaming website Roblox is to limit adult strangers from talking to children by the end of this year in an effort to root out bad actors".

The fast-growing platform which has more than 110 million users a day playing games like Grow A Garden and Brookhaven RP has been hit by child safety concerns as experiments found children as young as five may be able to communicate with adults while playing games.