Popular social game platform Roblox has begun its voluntary age checks for players using in-game chat features. The change ...

Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together and love the app ...

The rules will make it so kids and teens can only message people within a similar age group to their own. The moves come as ...

The move comes days after ITV News reported that teenagers were exposed to multiple examples of extremist content on the ...

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 ...

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

The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.

Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face ...

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

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

Governments pushing tougher controls on social networks, gaming platforms and adult sites are fuelling a rapid expansion of ...

The platform has introduced an age-verification system following failures to protect minors, who are exposed to contact with ...