Roblox Corporation has announced the rollout of age-based chat, aimed at enhancing user safety in the online gaming industry.

Roblox recently clarified its age verification requirement for gamers who chat with strangers on the platform. Children will only be able to chat with other children,

Roblox, one of the world's most popular games for children, is taking a controversial new step to combat the pervasive issue of online predators in its chat rooms.

Age verification and ID-based measures are increasingly implemented by tech companies like Apple and Google despite risks like information breaches

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.

Roblox has faced criticism for allowing youngsters to access inappropriate content and communicate with adults, and is being sued over child safety concerns in several US states. The launch also comes just ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s - the government is under pressure to include gaming platforms such as Roblox.

Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users' ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults.

Turn up the mic in supported experiences. It’s worth noting that not all Roblox experiences have voice chat enabled. Whether or not voice chat support is present in a game should be indicated in the About section on the description page. The toggle will ...

Roblox CEO David Baszucki joined CNN’s Pamela Brown to discuss new safety measures to protect young users, including AI-age verification technology. The announcement comes after a growing number of lawsuits that say the platform allegedly failed to deter sexual predators from targeting minors on the popular gaming platform.