Roblox will now require age checks for communications between users, with facial age estimation (FAE) as a biometric option.

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

Roblox is among the most downloaded online games in the world, reporting millions of daily users from across the globe.

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Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.

After users complete the age check process, Roblox will inform them of their assigned age group: U9, 9–12, 13–15, 16–17, 18–20, or 21+. Users will be able to chat with others in their age group and ...

(AP) - Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to chat with other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to communicate with ...