New York, NY, United States, 10/03/2021 / Top Wire News /
Roblox is rolling out a new age verification feature that allows players to confirm their age and thereby gain access to features reserved for older players. Roblox told The Verge that age verification will be optional and it will not retain any data from the verification process. The verification process requires one to show an ID.
As of now, only one feature of Roblox requires age verification: Roblox’s new voice chat feature “Spacial Voice”. This feature during its beta test phase will only be made available to users who verify that they are at least 13 years old. (Roblox didn’t clarify whether this would later be available to users regardless of their age verification status.)
There can be wider implications of this age verification feature with one being that Roblox games and other community tools may become age-gated with the company working to protect its young user base. Roblox says that nearly 50 percent of its users were over 13 years of age with the status of the remaining 50 percent being unclear.
Verification will require an “ID card, passport or driver’s license” as well as a selfie taken on the spot to confirm that the ID was really uploaded by the person to whom it belongs. Roblox only accepts government-issued IDs which could pose a problem as younger players are less likely to have formal government-issued IDs as compared to their older counterparts. It’s also less likely that users will have government-issued IDs in certain regions where such IDs are difficult to obtain.
The feature started to roll out on 21st September and will be available to users globally who are at least 13 years old.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/21/22684672/roblox-age-verification-optional
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