I wouldn't connect those things too closely, nor to the broader legislative efforts to ban pornography and monitor everyone's messages. Roblox has been a special hell of predatory interactions for a very long time now, and the walls may finally be coming down...

Have a look how Nintendo do it. Their communications between players was (is?) very limited.

It’s abrupt only if you are unaware of safety challenges and issues in children’s gaming in the past decade.

Moderating user generated games is a kafkaesque joke. It’s not just text, audio, or video. It’s all of those combined in an interactive environment which can include trigger conditions - and one category of games is escaping from mazes.

Since it’s kids, you will end up with maps based on actual schools, combined with violence, on your mod que.

The list of horrifying stuff that happens frequently is quite long, and it’s unfortunate how unaware most people seem to be about it.

At least so many people wouldn’t be surprised.