Tanzania, Aug. 26 -- Australia's online safety regulator has secured a legally enforceable undertaking from Roblox to strengthen protections for children after testing found that adults could still contact young users without parental consent.

The Australian eSafety Commissioner said its testing earlier this year identified gaps in Roblox's safety systems, including allowing adults to send connection requests to children under 16 without the consent of a parent or carer. Children and adults could also view and respond to each other's posts on forums outside gaming environments.

The regulator also found that children's connections, profiles and biographical information, including account names, connections and avatar images, could be vis...