Roblox requires facial age checks for all users globally to access chat
  • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 hours ago

    “Safety”

    The platform absolutely bursting at the seams with predators, with a CEO who knows this is happening but still wants to introducing dating and gambling into the game.

    Yeah, nothing fucking safe about this.

  • mrnobody@reddthat.comOPEnglish
    15·
    2 hours ago

    I say this is worse than the Discord shit bc now all kids gotta scan their faces just to chat… I don’t like it (Roblox) alteady but fuck no am I letting my kids do it!

    Edit: what’s to stop a pedo from using any online image, or even their own kid to then chat up other kids once verified?!

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 hour ago

      Apparently images alone don’t work. It has to be a video following a very specific set of instructions (looking to one side, then to the other, then straight ahead - or something like that).

      But your point still stands. Apparently a lot of kids are getting around this by using AI generated videos, or having a parent do it for them, or just drawing giving facial hair onto themselves.

      Yes, it’s definitely worse than Discord. Discord without age verification is still mostly usable. Roblox without it isn’t.

      The silver lining for me is that my kids have basically abandoned the platform now. I told them I’m not sending their IDs in because there’s such a huge risk of a data breach.