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.

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

Age verification and ID-based measures are increasingly implemented by tech companies like Apple and Google despite risks like information breaches

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