Teens users who want to access certain Roblox features will have to verify their age. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Roblox Roblox is a popular digital space for kids and teens to ...

Now teens ages 13 to 17 who want to access a special feature designed to make those hangouts even more fun will have to verify their age via a video selfie. Roblox announced the new requirement ...

Roblox notes that if the system is unable to verify age with high confidence, their age will remain unconfirmed.

As part of its overall trust and safety effort, Roblox is rolling out advanced age estimation systems to protect kids.

A new tool verifies someone's age via a video selfie, which is analyzed against a large and diverse dataset to estimate their age.

Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new Trusted Connections feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know.

The popular gaming platform is adding 'Trust Connections' that will lift some of its communication filtering for the age group.