The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.
Roblox voice chat is fun until it isn’t. One slip-up and the banhammer falls. Swearing cost this player their account. The ...
Roblox will now require age checks for communications between users, with facial age estimation (FAE) as a biometric option.
Roblox, under scrutiny for child safety concerns, will require users to verify their age through a selfie or an ID. They'll ...
Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next ...
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 ...
Roblox will soon require that users go through an age estimation process if they want to be able to chat with other people on ...
The move comes amid multiple lawsuits, including from the attorneys general of Texas and Louisiana, against Roblox over child safety concerns. The lawsuits were filed following reports that Roblox was ...
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 ...
If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ...
The platform has introduced an age-verification system following failures to protect minors, who are exposed to contact with ...
ITV News uncovered extremist content on the gaming platform Roblox, sparking warnings for parents to keep children off the ...