Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

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

Roblox rolling out age-based chat, expanding facial age checks to enhance user safety

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

Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chats

The moves come as the popular gaming platform continues to face criticism and lawsuits over child safety, and a growing ...
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Roblox to make age assurance for chat mandatory as of January 2026

Roblox will now require age checks for communications between users, with facial age estimation (FAE) as a biometric option.
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Roblox chat filters will be reduced for users 13 and older

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 begins requiring selfies for chat feature, verified with a government ID or AI

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