But even with additional precautions, the lawsuit claims that since Roblox has allowed the third-party sites to thrive, it’s making money directly on the backs of its youngest users.

Roblox announced the start of age-verification technology Thursday for users who want to chat more freely on the social-gaming platform as part of its new "trusted connections" feature.

People Make Games’ analysis of Roblox ’s economics highlights the chasm between Roblox ’s promise as a way for kids to become game developers and the reality: It is very challenging to make ...

Roblox spokesperson William Nevius said in a statement that the company disagrees with the characterization of money laundering, and noted it will be filing a brief in response in the coming weeks.