SAN MATEO, CA — Roblox, one of the most popular gaming apps in the world, is preparing to roll out a new mandatory safety feature. Come early January, all users will be required to undergo an ...

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

A federal judge has blocked Louisiana from enforcing a 2023 law requiring social media companies to verify the age of users, obtain parental consent and provide parental controls, saying it violates ...

SYDNEY: Gaming giant Roblox Corp says it will roll out compulsory facial recognition or ID checks from next month for players wanting to access its chat features. It aims to stop under-nines from ...

A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday. And regulators, parents and teenagers around the globe are watching ...

Australia’s prime minister claims the ban will give parents peace of mind — but critics argue it will make the internet less safe for kids. Australia’s prime minister claims the ban will give parents ...

Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed new measures to protect children online, including age verification software, automatic ...

Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul wants to do more to keep kids safe online, and this year will push for legislators in Albany to enact ...

A player who goes by Quinten was on their way to securing a Guinness World Record in Roblox when they were beat out at the last moment by multiple speedruns that were so good, they seemed humanly ...

Chris Fields, CMO of AI-powered age verification start-up Yoti, giving a demonstration of the company's age verification technology at their offices in London. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty ...

Over the past two years, age verification has moved from a narrow regulatory concern to a structural change affecting how the internet operates. Governments across the U.S., Europe, and parts of Asia ...

App age verification isn’t just a theoretical concept being debated in Congress. A number of laws have already passed that require platforms to verify age for users in select states. For example, the ...