Roblox to roll out age checks for chat access
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Roblox announced new safety measures Tuesday following a lawsuit filed by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, who described the platform as a "playground for predators."
Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face in order to access the platform's chat features. The updated policy, which the company announced earlier this year,
Roblox is now requiring selfies, verified either with a government ID or through an AI review, to use its chat functions.
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