The new feature goes beyond Roblox’s current text filter, which simply replaces banned words and phrases with the “#” symbol.

The platform's chat filter can also recognize when abbreviations, numbers, or symbols are being used to express profanities.

Real estate agents will tell you that a home’s most important feature is “location, location, location.” It’s similar in neuroscience: “Location is everything in the brain,” said Bosiljka Tasic, a ...