Roblox, age check safety
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To enhance its safety measures, Roblox has become the "first" game platform to require age verification to participate in its in-game chat.
Roblox is set to implement facial age checks and age-based chat features on its platform, marking a significant step in online safety standards. The new measures aim to secure access to chat features by ensuring users are within similar age groups, making Roblox the first online platform to require age verification for communication.
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.
Eliza Jacobs, the senior director of product policy at Roblox, talks with WRAL anchor Ashley Rowe about the platform's safety features and what major change the gaming app is planning to launch.
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.
ROBLOX is making it harder for dangerous predators to chat with children online by introducing a new age check. The move comes amid disturbing incidents reported within one of the world’s