Age verification and ID-based measures are increasingly implemented by tech companies like Apple and Google despite risks ...

YouTuber “Schlep" built a huge following tracking down alleged child predators on Roblox before being kicked off. The ...

Roblox Corporation CEO David Baszucki's interview on the platform's predator problem bombed, with questionable sound-bites and getting mad.

Roblox, one of the most popular kids’ apps in the world, is now requiring children as young as nine years old to submit a video selfie for age verification.

The online gaming platform will ask users who want to chat with others to submit a government photo ID amid lawsuits saying the platform has enabled child predators.

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Australians may be forced to provide official identification or banking details to big technology companies from next week.

Roblox is now requiring selfies, verified either with a government ID or through an AI review, to use its chat functions.