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

Facing pressure from states and families, Roblox will require players to use AI-powered technology that helps verify their age.

To enhance its safety measures, Roblox has become the "first" game platform to require age verification to participate in its in-game chat.

As the Roblox community continues to grow, the Roblox Corporation has taken the decision to roll out an ID verification service to confirm users' ages. Currently operating on an opt-in basis, the developer says that its new service will not only signal a ...

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 their face.

The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the gaming platform or that the platform helps facilitate child sexual exploitation and grooming.

It comes at a time when the online gaming giant faces several lawsuits and growing calls to be included in Australia’s social media ban.

Age checks will involve either facial age estimation enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) or ID verification