New age restrictions are cropping up everywhere these days, and controversial game platform Roblox is now making a change of its own. Roblox has been dealing with extensive backlash surrounding child safety concerns, ranging from a lawsuit by the Louisiana Attorney General to a popular petition calling for the CEO's removal . Many stated concerns arguably remain unaddressed, but tweaks to Roblox 's age restrictions are a start.

In a staff post on its developer forum, Roblox announced that the age threshold for Restricted content will be raised from 17+ to 18+ . While this change will happen later this year, search results and recommendations with the Restricted label are immediately being removed for users under 18.

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