{"id":3124,"date":"2026-01-08T13:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/roblox-rolls-out-mandatory-age-checks-for-all-users\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:35:36","slug":"roblox-rolls-out-mandatory-age-checks-for-all-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/roblox-rolls-out-mandatory-age-checks-for-all-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"120\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sm.mashable.com\/t\/mashable_me\/article\/r\/roblox-rol\/roblox-rolls-out-mandatory-age-checks-for-all-users_pqdt.640.jpg\">Chat features will be locked unless users submit a face scan. <\/p>\n<p>Roblox, the global youth gaming platform currently under fire for widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech-industry\/59640\/roblox-accused-of-enabling-systemic-sexual-exploitation-of-children-in-new-lawsuit\">child safety concerns<\/a>, is rolling out mandatory age checks for all users who want to chat on the platform. <\/p>\n<p>Roblox&#8217;s site-wide <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/63704\/want-to-chat-on-roblox-youll-need-to-verify-your-age\">age estimation feature<\/a> was announced in November, utilizing AI age estimation tech provided by third-party vendor \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chat features will be locked unless users submit a face scan.<br \/>\nRoblox, the global youth gaming platform currently under fire for widespread child safety concerns, is rolling out mandatory age checks fo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-good"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bosco-wong.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}