The company says age verification checks will start in early December, around the same time Australia's social media ban for under-16s is set to come into effect.

Gaming giant, Roblox, is rolling out major new safety features to reduce adult – child contact on the platform, bring parents a much wanted sigh of relief.

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.

A Guardian Australia investigation this week documented a reporter posing as an eight-year-old girl on Roblox who was “given a sexualised avatar, cyberbullied, aggressively killed, sexually assaulted and shat on, all with parental control settings in place”.

Robloxhas become one of the most popular online platforms in the world, with over 380 million monthly active users creating, playing, and sharing games. It’s a cultural force, shaping how young people socialize, create, and even learn basic coding skills.

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.