The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.

Users will be placed into six age bands to limit conversations between adults and minors online. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Roblox introduces facial age checks for children as young as nine before accessing chat features, with UK getting it in 2026.

Roblox says it’s added more than 145 new safety features, but Schlep argues the company’s latest statement dodges every point from his viral exposé.

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.