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After years of complaints, Roblox has announced a historic change in its security system. Starting in January, the video game platform will require age verification through facial recognition and will block any chat between adults and minors.

The measure comes after multiple complaints from families and organizations that warned about the risks of grooming, harassment, and exposure to inappropriate content. The process guides the user to record certain facial movements and determines an age range. The company states that the images are processed by an external provider and are deleted immediately, without storing persistent biometric data.

Article:

Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in New Safety Standard

Source: https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/11/roblox-requires-age-checks-limits-minor-and-adult-chat

Article:

After years of complaints, Roblox will implement facial verification and prohibit chats between adults and minors.

Source: https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/after-years-of-complaints-roblox-will-implement-facial-verification-and-bans-adult-and-minor-chats

 

[Cyborg]

All the pedos and predators crying now. They should be hanged

 

[Dacvak]

How about we just destroy Roblox altogether?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

anyone over 20 should just get forwarded to the FBI. ha

 

[Mikado]

How about we just destroy Roblox altogether?

That sounds like a much better idea than having kids record video to be sent to some "external provider" for "verification".

Edit: To elaborate on this ~
Normalizing sending pictures and videos to whatever website asks for them seems like Not A Good Idea at that age (or really any age)?
How we went from "Don't share any information on the internet, honey" to "In this house, if a website asks us to take pictures of ourselves and send them to strangers, we do it!" in such a short time is pretty mind boggling.

I wanted my cyberpunk dystopia to have more flying cars and sexy cyborg samurai; and less of whatever this is

 

[Varteras]

anyone over 20 should just get forwarded to the FBI. ha

 

[Mister Wolf]

Uncle Rub & Hug is gonna be pretty upset about this.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Wild that any kind of action took as long as it did, I wish that game and company would just go under.

 

[Fbh]

Norman Reedus with a baby filter about to become the most active Roblox user.

 

[TheAtomicPile]

On one hand, I'm glad they're finally taking some action against the legions of adult weirdos on there.

On the other hand, I'm not having my kid's face sent to Roblox or whatever dumb vendor they use for verification. I can already picture the "We're sorry, we got hacked and your kid's info and picture were stolen so here's a $5 Robux gift card" letters they'll be sending out in a year.

I had been playing it with my kid so that I could monitor any weirdness, but this will be the end of the road.

 

[Hari Seldon]

I think this is only needed if the account is to have communication with other users enabled.

 

[vodka-bull]

All the pedos and predators crying now. They should be hanged

What if the kid looks older than it is?

 

[StereoVsn]

This is going to cause plenty of people to quit Roblox. And that's great. If Roblox shut down tomorrow, nothing of value would be lost.

 

[LordOcidax]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Roblox is pro-pedos. They want to promote Tinder/omeglee aspect to their platform too. I'm sure those people will find a way to continue to engage in that behavior within the platform. It doesn't help that some kids will mess around in "adult spaces" too. As someone said; The only option is to nuke Roblox.

 

[SpokkX]

this will greatly hurt roblox in a way nothing else really could so..

so while i am usually opposed to stuff like this - for roblox I will make an exception

great news

 

[Montauk]

They're going to verify that every user has a face? Seems like a waste of resources.

 

[ElonMars]

I mean do you guys realize how many kids are on fortnite and COD? I was playing Warzone, I never play Warzone but jumped on one time and I was paired up with what sounded like a 6yo boy, he was my squad mate and I was just talking to him on voice chat. I a grown man was talking to this 6yo boy on Warzone via voice chat, he happened to be my squad mate. Oh and man how many times I've been paired up with kids on Fortnite and Fortnite has *drum roll* voice chat. So yes I've talked to many random kids on Fortnite.

Should we strip voice chat from Fortnite? Should we strip voice chat from the COD games and Warzone?

Should we have age verification on Fortnite too? What about COD and Warzone where I've been randomly paired up with minors and I've talked to them via voice chat?

This whole age verification thing where you're forced to send a pic of your face to use the service. I don't like it. It's a slippery slope cause what's next? Seriously this is just the beginning, what comes next?

It's censorship is ultimately what it is. It's Orwellian. Big Brother is watching you!!!! Big Brother is gonna watch us all now and make sure we all behave.

I mean yeah there's millions of kids playing fortnite and COD and Warzone which all have voice chat.

I guess we should just strip voice chat from Fortnite and COD and but wait, that's not good enough, just put in forced age verification too.

Remember Big Brother is watching you.

I hate pedos too but I also know this is a slippery slope we're on.

I wonder what they'll be demanding next?

 

[ElonMars]

They're going to verify that every user has a face? Seems like a waste of resources.

It's Big Brother shit. It's straight up Orwellian!

Definition of Orwellian:
Use the adjective Orwellian to describe something that is similar to the writing style of novelist George Orwell, or that reminds you of his books' subjects — especially anything "Big Brotherish" like surveillance.

George Orwell is best known for his 1949 dystopian novel "1984," with its themes of social injustice and a controlling, authoritarian government. The word Orwellian is most often used to talk about real-life situations that are reminiscent of this kind of state control and surveillance, called "Big Brother" in the book. Any hint that our government is watching or listening to us as we make phone calls or do Internet searches feels at least a little bit Orwellian.

 

[Montauk]

It's Big Brother shit. It's straight up Orwellian!

Definition of Orwellian:
Use the adjective Orwellian to describe something that is similar to the writing style of novelist George Orwell, or that reminds you of his books' subjects — especially anything "Big Brotherish" like surveillance.

George Orwell is best known for his 1949 dystopian novel "1984," with its themes of social injustice and a controlling, authoritarian government. The word Orwellian is most often used to talk about real-life situations that are reminiscent of this kind of state control and surveillance, called "Big Brother" in the book. Any hint that our government is watching or listening to us as we make phone calls or do Internet searches feels at least a little bit Orwellian.

Errr…ok.

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

Thread 'Roblox will require all users to perform age-checks to access chat from January'

Yesterday at 4:42 PM

Roblox will require all users to perform age-checks to access chat from January | TechCrunch

Starting Tuesday, users can voluntarily undergo the age-check process to secure access to communication features.

techcrunch.com

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, starting in January. The platform is also introducing age-based chat, meaning users can only communicate with others in a similar age group. […] Once the age-check is complete, users will be informed which age group they have been assigned to. There are six age groups...

• Magic-DEI-Hire
• Replies: 7
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

• 

This appears to be a duplicate thread. Can one of the moderators merge?

 

[Arsic]

Why would I allow my minor son to be photographed for your game?

He showed me this yesterday I think. You have to use a photo to talk in game. I have all chat disabled.

He wants to talk with a friend from school to play together but I'm like… uh what's to stop a diddler to fake a photo? This wasn't an ID just a picture you take with your phone.

So diddlers now could get access to your kids pic perhaps?

And even if not I don't want Roblox to have pics of my son.

Fucking looney tunes world.

 

[BlackTron]

It's Big Brother shit. It's straight up Orwellian!

Definition of Orwellian:
Use the adjective Orwellian to describe something that is similar to the writing style of novelist George Orwell, or that reminds you of his books' subjects — especially anything "Big Brotherish" like surveillance.

George Orwell is best known for his 1949 dystopian novel "1984," with its themes of social injustice and a controlling, authoritarian government. The word Orwellian is most often used to talk about real-life situations that are reminiscent of this kind of state control and surveillance, called "Big Brother" in the book. Any hint that our government is watching or listening to us as we make phone calls or do Internet searches feels at least a little bit Orwellian.

I couldn't help but wonder about your post history. All I can really do about it now is blink slowly and make myself a drink.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

This game is cancer

Thread 'Have you played Roblox?'

Aug 21, 2025

I've never played Roblox and I always assumed it was akin to Minecraft given the similar style. Yesterday the below video showed up on my feed. I rarely watch Asmon's stuff, but given that Roblox has recently been in the news a lot regarding child safety issues, I figured it was worth checking out.



I watched him play for around 40 minutes and I can safely say I have no fucking clue what Roblox is

he joined the most popular servers or worlds or whatever they are. the most popular ones were completely nonsensical and extremely weird and uncomfortable. role-play as a baby...

• I collect VHS tapes
• Replies: 107
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

 

[ElonMars]

I couldn't help but wonder about your post history. All I can really do about it now is blink slowly and make myself a drink.

There are lots of kids on Fortnite and COD and Warzone which all have voice chat so should we strip voice chat from these games too? Should these games also get age verification?

This is Big Brother shit man.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

There are lots of kids on Fortnite and COD and Warzone which all have voice chat so should we strip voice chat from these games too? Should these games also get age verification?

This is Big Brother shit man.

By virtue of this not being a government actor, this has absolutely nothing to do with big brother

If anything, this is closer to some sort of cyberpunk dystopia

 

[Axelon]

I put 100,000 hours in this game and play endlessly every single day "chatting" with others, and starting in January I'm done. Nothing to do with face verification!!!

Spoiler

I don't play at all. I tried it brief a few years back because I was curious and that's all I could handle. Get rid of those sick weirdos praying on kids

 

[spookyfish]

Roblox is pro-pedos. They want to promote Tinder/omeglee aspect to their platform too. I'm sure those people will find a way to continue to engage in that behavior within the platform. It doesn't help that some kids will mess around in "adult spaces" too. As someone said; The only option is to nuke Roblox.

It's the only way to be sure.