I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

The online gaming platform Roblox — which allows users to create and develop their own games — has attracted the attention of some 78 million daily users. More than 40% of them are pre-teens. But ...

Eliza Jacobs, the senior director of product policy at Roblox, spoke with WRAL anchor Ashley Rowe about the platform's safety features and what major change the gaming app is planning to launch.

When the PR team at Roblox reached out to ask if I had any interest in learning more about the platform, I'm not sure what made me say yes. I'd never really been a gamer, and as far as I knew, Roblox ...