Roblox's attempt to improve child safety has reportedly backfired, with a new AI verification system misidentifying ages and locking users out of chats.

The new system jeopardizes user privacy and puts kids in harm's way.

Roblox announced a “Facial Age Check” service last week, which is to be rolled out and required for members to use social features for safety purposes. However, it isn’t working as designed. For ...

At this point, I kind of have to feel sorry for Roblox. The company came under increasing criticism for failing to adequately protect children, and then courted even greater controversy when it ...

Roblox's New Age-Verification System Is Reportedly Off to a Chaotic Start The program's known problems include parents verifying their kids as adults, verified accounts being sold on eBay, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The popular gaming platform Roblox is set to introduce age verification checks, following concerns around child safety. Users ...

Just days after launching, Roblox’s much-hyped AI-powered age verification system is a complete mess. Roblox’s face scanning system, which estimates peoples’ ages before they can access the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roblox is introducing an optional age verification for its users that will combine an ID check with a selfie scan. While the ...

So, you've decided your child can play on Roblox. Now, this is where you'll discover that Roblox actually has several parental controls in place to keep kids safe on the platform. However, parents ...

Kentucky’s attorney general calls Roblox a "playground for predators." A Florida family alleges their child was coerced into sending sexually explicit content on the site. A lawsuit is filed against ...