These enhanced parental controls are an attempt to curb conversations and interactions between adults and minors, reassuring parents that their young children are less likely to be chatting with much older, unknown users. Cyber safety charities across the country have long warned about the risks children face on social platforms and gaming apps.

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Online game platform Roblox will start blocking children from talking to adult strangers starting next month using facial age estimation. As online games platform Roblox faces fresh lawsuits alleging the system’s design has made children “easy prey” for predators,

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The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the gaming platform or that the platform helps facilitate child sexual exploitation and grooming.

Roblox, under scrutiny for child safety concerns, will require users to verify their age through a selfie or an ID. They'll only be allowed to chat with others in the same age group unless they confirm they know the other person.

To enhance its safety measures, Roblox has become the "first" game platform to require age verification to participate in its in-game chat.

A new series of age checks and chat groupings are coming to Roblox that are meant to keep children from falling prey to predators.