The gaming app, Roblox, is rolling out a new safety feature. The platform requires age checks to ensure that users are talking to other users in a similar age group. The gaming app is facing dozens of lawsuits around the country, including outside Florida, related to the abuse of sexual exploitation of children.

Following ongoing reports and accusations of grooming and predatory behavior experienced by its younger-skewing users, the gaming platform rolled out a slew of new safety features Thursday. Among the updates are age-estimation technology based on video ...