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Roblox Twitch Drop: How to Claim the Purple Noob Badge

Roblox is giving away free Twitch Drops, and this time, it's an exclusive Purple Noob chat badge. Here's how you can claim this Twitch Drop easily.

Hidden in plain sight: Mom discovers 'calculator' app on child's phone was vault for predator chats

A Nassau County mother found an innocent-looking calculator app. She was horrified to find out what it was really hiding and ...

Australia's banning social media for kids this week. Here's how it's being enforced.

"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms ...
Techweez

Roblox Rolls Out Mandatory Facial Age Checks for All Chat Features Worldwide

Roblox is rolling out mandatory facial age verification for all chat features, becoming the first major gaming platform to require age checks before users can communicate. The new system, according to ...
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 ...
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Roblox introduces age-based chat to enhance child safety

VEHICLE. THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE POPULAR GAMING PLATFORM ROBLOX, CONTINUES TO FACE LAWSUITS AND BACKLASH. SOME CLAIM THEY AREN’T DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT KIDS. ALIYAH CHAVEZ JOINS US IN STUDIO AFTER ...
Biometric Companies

Roblox to make age assurance for chat mandatory as of January 2026

Roblox is trying. In the face of mounting criticism of the social gaming platform’s failure to protect kids from grooming and other harms, Roblox has announced that it will now require age checks for ...
TechSpot

Roblox will now restrict chat by age group, verified with selfie-based scans

In context: Roblox is a gaming platform with a massive audience of teens and younger players. Authorities worldwide have criticized the service as a potential grooming ground for predators, but the ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

The feature will be rolled out globally by January 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google ...
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Roblox rolls out new age verification feature for chat use

JACKSOVNILLE, Fla. — The popular children’s gaming platform ROBLOX rolled out a new safety feature meant to ensure that children playing the game interact with other kids their own age. Roblox wants ...
UPI

Roblox to block adult stranger chats with minors

Nov. 18 (UPI) --Minors on Roblox no longer will be permitted to chat with adult strangers on the online children's gaming site part of a wider safety measure expansion. Roblox users now will be ...