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

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

The move comes days after ITV News reported that teenagers were exposed to multiple examples of extremist content on the ...

Users will be required to scan their faces to use the popular gaming platform. Scans will be used to guess a user’s age.

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

Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new Trusted Connections feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know. Roblox is rolling out ...

Justin Patchin, criminal justice professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, on new age verification guidelines for the online gaming platform Roblox, and tips for parents to protect their ...

Teens users who want to access certain Roblox features will have to verify their age. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Roblox Roblox is a popular digital space for kids and teens to congregate ...

Roblox announced that it aims to roll out age estimation technology to all of its users by the end of 2025. Users on the gaming and social network will have to confirm their age in order to access ...