Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...

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Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...

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 ...

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...

Children will no longer be able to chat to adult strangers on Roblox - one of the world's most popular gaming platforms - as part of an expansion of its safety measures. Mandatory age checks will be ...

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Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...

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