Last week, Roblox made age verification mandatory for anyone using the platform's chat feature. That process involves either ...

Players under 9 years old will have chat turned off by default unless a parent approves its use after age verification.

The gaming giant described the rollout as a "significant milestone" toward achieving the "gold standard for communication ...

After announcing it back in 2025, Roblox’s age verification has landed globally, requiring players to submit a facial image ...

Roblox began requiring the age check for chat access in December in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, following ...

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

Further to the voluntary age checks rolled out to "limit communication between minors and adults" back in November, ...

“Tens of millions of daily active users have already completed an age check, and we expect many more to follow,” Roblox says.

Roblox is the first online gaming platform to require facial age checks for all users who want to chat on the platform. This technology will help ensure kids are grouped with peers in their own ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making kids’ online safety a cornerstone of her administration, and she’s eyeing a platform ...

Here’s a stat that might shock anyone who isn’t the parent of a Gen Alpha kid: As of October 2025, online gaming platform Roblox boasted more than 151 million global daily active users. For ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...