Roblox, the global online game and social platform with more than 150 million daily users, has announced a major update to how users can communicate: a new age-based chat system that uses facial ...

Kids weren’t able to fool Roblox’s video selfie age checks in a demo with NBC News.

Not everyone is going to be happy all the time,” the platform’s head of safety product policy told NBC News, saying Roblox believes its safety updates are worth the turbulence.

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, ...

Age-verification is all the rage these days. Governments around the world are putting the pressure on tech companies to make sure users are actually the age they should be in order to access their ...

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 ...

More screen time this summer? A Roblox safety expert shares new tools parents can use to manage chat, games, and online ...

Roblox (RBLX) will now require all users in the U.S. to verify their age to access chat, a measure to address complaints from parents and lawsuits from several state attorneys general for fostering a ...

The new safeguards arrive as the platform faces lawsuits and investigations over allegations that children were exposed to predators online.

With great responsibility comes great cost. That was the message Roblox RBLX tried to send investors in lowering its annual projections, saying newly instituted age-verification protocols aimed at ...