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

The move comes amid multiple lawsuits, including from the attorneys general of Texas and Louisiana, against Roblox over child safety concerns. The lawsuits were filed following reports that Roblox was ...

Roblox Corp., the video-game platform popular with preteens, is instituting a number of reforms following widespread criticism of its child-safety policies and the arrests of alleged child abusers ...

Children under 13 also won’t be able to directly message other players unless they have parental approval. Children under 13 also won’t be able to directly message other players unless they have ...

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

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age ...