Roblox Rolls Out Age-Verification Requirement for Chat
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The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the gaming platform or that the platform helps facilitate child sexual exploitation and grooming.
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Roblox announces new protections for minors
Roblox will soon require gamers to use AI-powered age estimation technology to access communication and chat features.
Roblox announced the start of age-verification technology Thursday for users who want to chat more freely on the social-gaming platform as part of its new "trusted connections" feature. Roblox Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman said that the company felt it ...
This comes weeks after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the company, alleging that Roblox ignored state and federal online safety laws, putting kids at risk of interacting with predators.
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