Roblox adds AI age checks
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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
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.
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.
Roblox will soon require gamers to use AI-powered age estimation technology in order to access communication and chat features.
"It was the first time that a court ... analyzed the application of ending forced arbitration in a situation like this," said Pat Huyett, a partner at Anapol Weiss who is representing plaintiffs in litigation against Roblox.