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

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people a

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 their face.

A popular gaming platform has blocked children from talking to adult strangers. Roblox announced this week that full chat access will require facial age checks. The new policy starts in December for Australia,

Gaming giant, Roblox, is rolling out major new safety features to reduce adult – child contact on the platform, bring parents a much wanted sigh of relief.

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

Cecilia D'Anastasio covers game culture and industry for Bloomberg. She conducted an investigation into how child predators groomed children on the platform before Uthmeier started his messaging. I spoke with her about it.

A former local volunteer firefighter, Vincent Steiner, has been accused of sexually exploiting children online using the popular gaming platform Roblox, according to court documents. Steiner is accused of sending and requested nude photos from minors and used the platform to communicate with them.

Roblox, the popular online gaming platform that hosts millions of user-created games, said Tuesday it is strengthening protections for minors. Roblox said it will soon require players to use AI-powered facial age-estimation technology to help verify their age.