The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.

Roblox will now require age checks for communications between users, with facial age estimation (FAE) as a biometric option.

Roblox has launched facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features and implemented age-based chats.

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The move comes amid multiple lawsuits, including from the attorneys general of Texas and Louisiana, against Roblox over child safety concerns. The lawsuits were filed following reports that Roblox was ...

The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.