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.

Starting Tuesday, users can voluntarily undergo the age-check process to secure access to communication features.

Roblox is implementing a new safety measure that requires facial age verification to access chat features following its involvement in a lawsuit that accuses the gaming platform of causing harm to children.

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.

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age estimation. Kaufman said that the combination of video and still imaging helps prevent that. Additionally, the company will deploy fraud checks.

A new series of age checks and chat groupings are coming to Roblox that are meant to keep children from falling prey to predators.

Roblox will soon block children from chatting with adults using new facial age checks and age-based chat limits, rolling out after multiple grooming-related lawsuits.

Roblox is rolling out facial age checks and new chat limits to keep adult conversations separated from kids on its platform.