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

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.

It comes at a time when the online gaming giant faces several lawsuits and growing calls to be included in Australia’s social media ban.

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age estimation. Kaufman said that the combination of video and still imaging helps prevent that. Additionally, the company will deploy fraud checks.

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people around their own age.

The rules will make it so kids and teens can only message people within a similar age group to their own. The moves come as the popular gaming platform continues to face criticism and lawsuits over child safety and a growing number of countries and jurisdictions are implementing age verification laws.

It aims to stop under-nines from chatting without parental consent and to curb conversations between adults and minors online by placing users into six age bands ranging from under-nines to over 21s.

Roblox is getting ready to roll out its latest safety feature at a time when it is confronting a growing number of lawsuits from states and families that claim the popular gaming app falsely advertised itself as safe for children.

Roblox is introduces video-based age checks to restrict messaging by age group, aiming to boost child safety. Here’s what we know.

Gaming platform Roblox is implementing age verification on platform's chat feature and the enforcement will began in select markets including Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. Here's your step-by-step guide to complete age verification.

Roblox is tightening its age verification rules for users who want to send private messages, introducing age-segmented chats so that children, teens and adults