Roblox is adding facial age verification to limit who kids can chat with online and strengthen protections for younger gamers.

Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.

Roblox’s safety update is locking some users out of chat, deleting old messages and pushing frustrated players off-platform.

The program's known problems include parents verifying their kids as adults, verified accounts being sold on eBay, and kids ...

Original Story (10/18): Roblox is now rolling out facial age checks and age-based grouping for chat features on a voluntary basis ahead of it becoming mandatory in select markets next month. Once ...