Roblox is the first online gaming or communication platform to require facial age checks to access chat, establishing a new ...

Age verification and ID-based measures are increasingly implemented by tech companies like Apple and Google despite risks ...

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age ...

Roblox will also prevent adults from initiating chat with younger players unless both users have been added through a " ...

Popular social game platform Roblox has begun its voluntary age checks for players using in-game chat features. The change ...

Roblox, under scrutiny for child safety concerns, will require users to verify their age through a selfie or an ID. They'll ...

Roblox introduced an update to its player safety that included a tool that estimates a player’s age after taking a scan of ...

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs.

The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.

Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together and love the app ...