Roblox announced the start of age-verification technology Thursday for users who want to chat more freely on the social-gaming platform as part of its new "trusted connections" feature. Roblox Chief ...

An online tool estimates a player's age to put them into a specific group before they can chat online. Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets including CNET, ...

Roblox’s latest safety update is reshaping how millions of users communicate — and not everyone is happy about it. After the platform began requiring AI-based age verification to unlock chat features, ...

Roblox has been popular with kids for a very long time, but some of those kids might soon get locked out of their favorite content. That's because the popular online game creation and sharing tool is ...

A month after introducing mandatory facial verification for access to chats on its platform, Roblox says 45% of its daily active users have undergone age checks as of January 31. To complete the ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last week, Roblox made age verification mandatory for anyone using the platform's chat feature. That process involves either submitting a ...

Just days after launching, Roblox’s much-hyped AI-powered age verification system is a complete mess. Roblox’s face scanning system, which estimates peoples’ ages before they can access the platform’s ...

New York (CNN) — If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation ...

Roblox's AI-powered age verification system is stumbling out of the gate just one week after roll out. Credit: George Chan/Getty Images Roblox kicked off 2026 by attempting to deal with its most ...