Roblox has launched facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features and implemented age-based chats.

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

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

As Roblox notes in its announcement, the age check verification uses Facial Age Estimation or ID verification. Roblox says ...

Roblox will require users to take a selfie and will use that image to estimate their age, said Matt Kaufman, the company’s ...

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

Gaming giant Roblox Corp says it will roll out compulsory facial recognition or ID checks from next month for players wanting ...