Roblox to roll out age checks for chat access
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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.
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.
Roblox is going viral after banning seemingly every username with the numbers ’69’ in them, leaving players frustrated.
If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph their face.