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 ...
The Conversation

Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.
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 ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
Mashable

Want to chat on Roblox? You'll need to verify your age.

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...
Upstream

Multiple suspended rigs poised to resume operations in Saudi Arabia

Several onshore and offshore rigs operated by Arabian Drilling are set to resume activity in Saudi Arabia, supported by improving fundamentals in the country’s drilling sector. Arabian Drilling, the ...
PC Gamer

'Roblox must do more to protect kids from sick and twisted freaks,' Texas attorney general says as he sues Roblox 'for putting pixel pedophiles and profits' ahead of safety

The "let's sue Roblox" bandwagon has grown a little bit bigger as Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has announced that he's filed suit against the company "for flagrantly ignoring state and federal ...
ABC News

Judge rules against online platform Roblox, keeping alleged abuse case in the public eye

A lawsuit alleges the platform helped facilitate child sexual exploitation. A father's lawsuit against the online gaming platform Roblox will remain in the public eye after a California judge denied ...
Upstream

Driller wins notice to return two rigs to work in Saudi Arabia

Nabors Industries had received notice that its SANAD joint venture in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to resume work for two onshore rigs that had their contracts suspended by the country, the drilling ...
Yahoo

CBS's Margaret Brennan Grills Hakeem Jeffries About His Claim Trump is Trying to 'Rig' the 2026 Election: 'How Do You Justify' That Language?!

In a tense exchange on Sunday's Face the Nation, Brennan called out Jeffries for recent comments accusing Trump of trying to rig the 2026 election. Sen. Gallego Warns Members of the Military: ‘There ...