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

Roblox Corporation has announced the rollout of age-based chat, aimed at enhancing user safety in the online gaming industry.

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

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age ...

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

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

Earlier today, we revealed that Roblox was bringing in “Experience Chat” to its console users so that they could chat with those on the phone, PC, or even VR. It’s a big deal because it opens up ...