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Gaming platform Roblox will require users to verify their age using facial recognition software to chat with other players, a company executive said, with the goal of limiting communication between ...

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

Roblox will soon require that users go through an age estimation process if they want to be able to chat with other people on ...

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

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 (RBLX) is in the process of rolling out age-based chat, aiming to set a new safety standard to limit communication ...

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

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

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

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