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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...

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 ...

Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face in order to access the platform's chat features. The updated policy, which ...