Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs.

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

As Roblox notes in its announcement, the age check verification uses Facial Age Estimation or ID verification. Roblox says ...

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

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 tool photograph ...

It aims to stop under-nines from chatting without parental consent and to curb conversations between adults and minors online ...

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