Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users' ages from early December in an attempt to stop ...

Roblox (RBLX) is introducing facial age checks for anyone who wants to use chat, becoming the first major gaming or communication platform to make age verification compulsory ...

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 ...

Age checks will involve either facial age estimation enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) or ID verification ...

Roblox Corporation CEO David Baszucki's interview on the platform's predator problem bombed, with questionable sound-bites and getting mad.

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age estimation. Kaufman said that the combination of video and still imaging helps ...

After users complete the age check process, Roblox will inform them of their assigned age group: U9, 9-12, 13-15, 16-17, 18-20, or 21+. Users will be able to chat with others in their age group and ...

The move comes days after ITV News reported that teenagers were exposed to multiple examples of extremist content on the ...

Dubai: For many children in the UAE, Roblox is less a game and more a social universe, a place where school-aged users build worlds, swap stories and spend hours immersed in user-generated experiences ...

Popular streaming platform newly added to Australia’s under-16 social media ban - The country’s internet watchdog says its ...

Roblox is introducing mandatory facial age verification for all chat features by January 2026, restricting communication to ...

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