Roblox Corporation has announced the rollout of age-based chat, aimed at enhancing user safety in the online gaming industry.

Roblox chat filters will soon have reduced restrictions for users on the sandbox game platform who can verify that they're 13 or older, the company revealed as part of its Roblox Developer Conference ...

Roblox is now requiring selfies, verified either with a government ID or through an AI review, to use its chat functions.

As one of the frontrunners in the race to build the metaverse, Roblox is thinking ahead to what virtual worlds really need. And while the platform has had no shortage of growth on its current path — ...

After users go through the age checks, they will be assigned to age groups ranging from under 9, 9 to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20 and over 21. Users will then be able to chat with their age group ...

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

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age ...

As one of the frontrunners in the race to build the metaverse, Roblox is thinking ahead to what virtual worlds really need. And while the platform has had no shortage of growth on its current path — ...