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 ...

In the midst of its ongoing controversies about child protections, Roblox has announced it’ll be requiring age verification for certain features. According to an announcement this week, all players ...

Roblox is in a tight spot. After years of reports involving child predators on Roblox, the company faces pressure from the public and government to clean up its platform. The company's solution, ...

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 the first online gaming or communication platform to require facial age checks to access chat, establishing a new industry standard. The rollout began with a voluntary age check period. The ...

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...

Roblox announced the launch of its new age-estimation system, with the checks initially available as a voluntary feature before becoming mandatory for Australian users in the first week of December, ...

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.

From January worldwide, Roblox demands age check to limit chats between kids and adults Roblox, the hugely popular online platform known for user-generated games and social interaction, is imposing a ...

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 ...