Roblox has been around for a long time. The online game platform first launched in 2006 — just two years after vanilla World of Warcraft hit (the first time) and three years after Second Life, a now-ancient vision of the interconnected, avatar-based ...

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

The platform has introduced an age-verification system following failures to protect minors, who are exposed to contact with unknown adults. This issue has alarmed parents, pediatricians, and prosecut

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

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.

Roblox is now requiring selfies, verified either with a government ID or through an AI review, to use its chat functions.