Roblox to roll out age checks for chat access
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Roblox introduces facial age checks for children as young as nine before accessing chat features, with UK getting it in 2026.
Ultimately, child safety advocates and digital experts stress that parental oversight remains crucial. While Roblox offers parental control options, nothing replaces close supervision and open communication.
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant warned last month that Roblox had become a popular target for pedophiles seeking to groom children. Predators often use “Robux”, the in-game currency, as a “trade”, or a way to bribe minors into sending explicit images.
There is a significant disconnect between how parents and teens view their relationship when it comes to talking about inappropriate behaviour in online games. That's according to a new digital civility survey commissioned by Roblox, which gathered ...
Roblox has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the online gaming platform of deceiving parents about the safety risks it poses to children.
The Dutch government will review safety risks for children on the online gaming platform Roblox, the Ministry of the Interior confirmed after questions from NOS. The government plans to conduct a Child Rights Impact Assessment of Roblox,
As the holiday season approaches, a new study shows cyberbullying is on the rise, especially as children spend more time on digital devices without supervision.
ROBLOX is making it harder for dangerous predators to chat with children online by introducing a new age check. The move comes amid disturbing incidents reported within one of the world’s
Roblox CEO David Baszucki joined CNN’s Pamela Brown to discuss new safety measures to protect young users, including AI-age verification technology. The announcement comes after a growing number of lawsuits that say the platform allegedly failed to deter sexual predators from targeting minors on the popular gaming platform.