Roblox is introducing new safety features to limit interactions between adults and minors on its platform. Users will need to verify their age with a government ID or facial scan to use chat features.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

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Roblox introduced an update to its player safety that included a tool that estimates a player’s age after taking a scan of their face. “Facial age estimation allows eligible users aged 13 and older to ...

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, ...

In context: Roblox is a gaming platform with a massive audience of teens and younger players. Authorities worldwide have criticized the service as a potential grooming ground for predators, but the ...

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, the popular online gaming platform that hosts millions of user-created games, said Tuesday it is strengthening protections for minors. Roblox said it will soon require players to use ...

Roblox, the online gaming platform that has been under fire due to child safety concerns, has introduced age-verification software that uses facial scanning to estimate the age of players. The system ...

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, ...