To enhance its safety measures, Roblox has become the "first" game platform to require age verification to participate in its in-game chat.

It comes at a time when the online gaming giant faces several lawsuits and growing calls to be included in Australia’s social media ban.

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph their face.

As one of the biggest video game platforms in the world, and with a particularly high proportion of minors among its player base, Roblox has had to invest heavily in trust and safety technology over the past decade. As part of its ongoing effort to disrupt ...

Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its age-estimation technology to all users and partnering with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) to provide age and content ...

Gaming platform Roblox announced a goal Wednesday to expand its new age estimation technology to all of its users by the end of the year. The move comes amid recent lawsuits filed against Roblox regarding its child safety regulations and accusations of ...