Roblox to roll out age checks for chat access
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Roblox has faced criticism for allowing youngsters to access inappropriate content and communicate with adults. In March, the company's chief executive Dave Baszucki told the BBC that parents who were worried about the service "should not let their children be on Roblox".
ROBLOX is making it harder for dangerous predators to chat with children online by introducing a new age check. The move comes amid disturbing incidents reported within one of the world’s
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.
Australians will need to undergo facial scans to estimate their age if they want to use all the features of a popular online gaming platform.
Despite expert caution over facial age estimation tools, Matt Kaufman, Roblox’s chief safety officer, claims the system accurately estimates age within one to two years for those aged five to 25.