Roblox is the first online gaming or communication platform to require facial age checks to access chat, establishing a new ...

Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together and love the app ...

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

The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the ...

The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs.

Roblox has faced criticism for allowing youngsters to access inappropriate content and communicate with adults. In March, the ...

Roblox will also prevent adults from initiating chat with younger players unless both users have been added through a " ...

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

Roblox Corp., the video-game platform popular with preteens, is instituting a number of reforms following widespread criticism of its child-safety policies and the arrests of alleged child abusers ...