Roblox is the first online gaming or communication platform to require facial age checks to access chat, establishing a new industry standard.  The rollo

The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the gaming platform or that the platform helps facilitate child sexual exploitation and grooming.

Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users' ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults.

Age verification and ID-based measures are increasingly implemented by tech companies like Apple and Google despite risks like information breaches

Roblox is among the most downloaded online games in the world, reporting millions of daily users from across the globe.

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

Age checks will involve either facial age estimation enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) or ID verification