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 ...

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

Roblox is joining the growing ranks of online platforms that are trying to better understand the ages of their teen users. The company is rolling out a new "age estimation" feature for teens 13 and ...

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 ...

Why Is This Important: Honestly, this is a huge deal because no other major platform has tried to enforce something this strict at this scale. What’s Next: This is just phase one. In early 2026, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.