Roblox will soon require facial age verification for all chat features, enforcing age-based communication groups and introducing major safety upgrades to protect younger users globally.

After scrutiny over its ability to protect children on the platform, Roblox is making a big change.

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs. This will place them into narrow age groups, restricting private chats ...

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

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

Roblox users now will be required to undergo a facial recognition check before utilizing the Roblox chat feature for its 150 million daily players.

Roblox recently clarified its age verification requirement for gamers who chat with strangers on the platform. Children will only be able to chat with other children, ...

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

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

Roblox will add age checks and new chat limits to reduce adult–minor interaction on the platform..

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