Roblox has faced criticism for allowing youngsters to access inappropriate content and communicate with adults. In March, the company's chief executive Dave Baszucki told the BBC that parents who were worried about the service "should not let their children be on Roblox".

Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face in order to access the platform's chat features. The updated policy, which the company announced earlier this year,

Roblox is rolling out facial age checks and new chat limits to keep adult conversations separated from kids on its platform.

One of the world’s largest gaming platforms will now require users to submit to facial age-estimation scans in a global push to stop children being exposed to adult conversations online.

Roblox is implementing a new safety measure that requires facial age verification to access chat features following its involvement in a lawsuit that accuses the gaming platform of causing harm to children.