Roblox is the first online gaming or communication platform to require facial age checks to access chat, establishing a new industry standard. The rollout began with a voluntary age check period. The ...

Roblox Will Roll Out Age-Based Accounts Amid Child-Safety Push ...

Roblox (RBLX) stock cratered 17% on Friday after the company slashed its full-year guidance, blaming “short-term friction” from new safety protocols for a significant slowdown in momentum. “In the US ...

Roblox has defended a major expansion of its child safety system, despite complaints from parents that the game's user-age estimation can misclassify children and put them into less-protected versions ...

Roblox has introduced changes to its child safety system, including tech that estimates users' ages and new user account ...

Starting today, New Zealand is one of the first countries globally where Roblox is rolling out age-based accounts for under-16s. The launch of Roblox Kids, for ages 5–8, and Roblox Select, for ages ...

In the midst of its ongoing controversies about child protections, Roblox has announced it’ll be requiring age verification for certain features. According to an announcement this week, all players ...

Roblox will assign the accounts based on age-check technology or on the prompting of verified parents who set up kids’ ...

Roblox is introducing new account types designed to give kids and younger teens age-appropriate access to chat and games, the company announced on Monday. The move comes as Roblox implemented ...

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 ...

Roblox is preparing to roll out its biggest change since starting age verification late last year. While that program was initially focused on chat access, today's news is about age-segregating the ...

Roblox is rolling out Kids and Select account types in early June, building separate environments for different age groups with built-in safety controls.