"The AI-powered age check, which estimates a user's age by analyzing their face, must be completed to unlock chat features. Users over 13 have the option of verifying their age using ID instead. The estimated ages are used by Roblox to lock off chat with users who are outside of a person's age range--for example, a 13-year-old can chat with users between the ages of nine and 17, while a 16-year-old can chat with users aged 13-20."
"Wired reports finding Roblox accounts that have been age-verified as young as nine for sale on ebay, while Roblox has acknowledged that some parents are age-checking for their children, resulting in their accounts being sorted into the 21+ age group. Social media is rife with videos of players using different tactics to bypass the age check, including using virtual avatars, photographs of celebrities, or even drawing on facial hair and wrinkles."
Roblox is rolling out a global facial age-check system that uses AI to estimate users' ages from their faces and is required to unlock in-game chat. Users over 13 may verify age using ID instead. Estimated ages determine permitted chat ranges to limit interactions between disparate age groups and to protect children from predators. The verification rollout has produced wildly inaccurate results for some, enabled fraud and resale of aged-verified accounts, and inspired numerous bypass techniques using avatars, photos, or altered images. Many users also express privacy concerns or refuse to participate.
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