She just wanted to play Roblox with friends. Then the messages from a predator began.

Roblox is one of the world’s most popular kids’ games, but lawsuits around the country allege predators are hiding in plain sight.
Variety

Roblox to Require All Users to Verify Age With Facial Estimation Tech to Access Chat Features Beginning in December

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 ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
Mashable

Want to chat on Roblox? You'll need to verify your age.

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...

‘PLAYGROUND FOR PREDATORS’: Texas third state to sue gaming titan, Roblox, for child endangerment

At the beginning of November Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, filed a lawsuit against the popular gaming platform, Roblox.

Australia's banning social media for kids this week. Here's how it's being enforced.

"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms ...
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Roblox Isn’t Playing Games. Why the Stock Could Jump 50%.

In September, a quirky game called Steal a Brainrot hosted 25 million players at the same time on Roblox’s global platform, surpassing a record set just months earlier by Roblox’s prior hit, Grow a ...
WFMZ-TV

Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chats

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I got an up-close look at Roblox's new safety feature. Here's what I found.

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.
Reuters

Roblox to require age checks to use platform's chat features

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 ...
Action News Jax

Roblox rolls out new age verification feature for chat use

JACKSOVNILLE, Fla. — The popular children’s gaming platform ROBLOX rolled out a new safety feature meant to ensure that children playing the game interact with other kids their own age. Roblox wants ...
KGW8

Roblox begins requiring selfies for chat feature, verified with a government ID or AI

WASHINGTON — Roblox, one of the most popular kids' games in the world, is now requiring users to submit a photo of themselves with their government ID to use the chat function, or a selfie for ...