Roblox to roll out age checks for chat access
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Roblox is going viral after banning seemingly every username with the numbers ’69’ in them, leaving players frustrated.
Roblox is introduces video-based age checks to restrict messaging by age group, aiming to boost child safety. Here’s what we know.
Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games and experiences on the platform, the company said Friday. Roblox also announced a series of other built-in protections for young users, such as age-gating certain experiences ...
The company says age verification checks will start in early December, around the same time Australia's social media ban for under-16s is set to come into effect.
TL;DR: Roblox banned YouTuber Schlep, known for exposing child predators, sparking community outrage and a petition with over 65,000 signatures demanding CEO David Baszucki's removal. Roblox cites vigilante actions violating safety policies by ...
A gaming platform used by nearly 400 million people a month is in turmoil after the company that owns it banned a user who goes by the name Schlep. It’s unclear why the user, a 22-year-old Texan, adopted a moniker drawn from Yiddish. But his showdown ...
Australia’s under-16 social media ban is kicking off in just over a month, with Reddit and Kick set to go dark alongside the likes of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube on December 10.
Roblox and similar platforms remain untouched. They’re excluded because they’re categorised as games, not social media.
Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea from early 2016 to mid-2019 but has since returned to ...