Roblox, under scrutiny for child safety concerns, will require users to verify their age through a selfie or an ID. They'll ...
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 ...
The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.
Popular social game platform Roblox has begun its voluntary age checks for players using in-game chat features. The change ...
To enhance its safety measures, Roblox has become the "first" game platform to require age verification to participate in its ...
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 " ...
The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.
Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message ...
If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ...
It comes at a time when the online gaming giant faces several lawsuits and growing calls to be included in Australia’s social ...