Roblox clamps down on chats and age checks as legal pressure builds

Roblox has reached multi‑million-dollar settlements with multiple U.S. states alleging inadequate protections for children, requiring measures such as mandatory age verification via facial age estimation or government ID, stricter chat restrictions (including tiered account levels and limiting chats for unverified users), and new monitoring and transparency obligations; the article also notes concerns about the accuracy and privacy implications of age‑estimation/facial recognition tools and ongoing additional lawsuits and regulatory actions.