I got an up-close look at Roblox's new safety feature. Here's what I found.

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

Your Android phone's most powerful security feature is off by default - turn it on ASAP

One of Google's most critical features is hidden behind a single toggle - turn it on to protect against theft, scams, spam, and more.
WUNC

Roblox bets on facial scanning to keep its youngest users safe

The wildly popular online gaming platform Roblox has started rolling out facial age verification to enhance its security measures. The move follows a string of lawsuits alleging the platform has ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
NBC News

Roblox to implement using AI child safety in its platform

The online gaming platform “Roblox” will begin using AI technology to scan users’ faces for age verification. Roblox's senior director of product policy, Eliza Jacobs, spoke with NBC News’ Tom Llamas ...
The Conversation

Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

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 ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

How to turn off UI navigation in Roblox

Need a hand disabling Roblox's UI Navigation? If you've spent a decent chunk of time jumping between Roblox experiences, you'll have no doubt gone head to head with this villainous UI tool. It has a ...
Game Rant

The Sims' Project Rene Criticized for Ripping Off Roblox Game

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...
IGN

How to Turn Off UI Navigation

UI Navigation being turned on will stop you from being able to move your avatar in Roblox. Instead, you'll be locked on the spot, and all you'll be able to do is toggle between the menus. It can be ...