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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year ago

Roblox begins asking tens of millions of children to verify their age with a selfie

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Roblox begins asking tens of millions of children to verify their age with a selfie

www.engadget.com

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year ago

Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face in order to access the platform's chat features.

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“Sir, people keep using our service to get children to send them selfies! What do we do?”
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  Too many kids know not to send pics to strangers, so now the Roblox devs gotta log off their alts and use power instead of deception.

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