WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next month. The gaming platform has also implemented age-based chats to limit ...

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Type Soul is an experience on the Roblox platform inspired by the manga and anime franchise, Bleach. The game is combat-heavy and requires extensive grinding to progress through. Thankfully, just like ...

Roblox will require users to take a selfie and will use that image to estimate their age, said Matt Kaufman, the company’s head of safety. The users will then be assigned to an age group, he said.

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Roblox is among the most downloaded online games in the world, reporting millions of daily users from across the globe of all ages, mostly children and teenagers. Many have criticized the rise of ...