Overview
- Age checks are available now on a voluntary basis and will be required in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands in early December, with global enforcement in chat markets by early January 2026.
- Users must verify via a live selfie or government ID, after which they are assigned to one of six age cohorts; chat for accounts under 9 is off by default unless a parent approves.
- Roblox says Persona processes selfie videos and images and deletes them after the check, and private chats are not end‑to‑end encrypted so they can be moderated.
- Executives describe typical accuracy within one to two years for younger users and third‑party testing reported a mean absolute error of about 1.37 years, with fraud checks to detect spoofing.
- The shift follows lawsuits, state subpoenas and advocacy pressure over child safety, including a planned virtual protest calling for stronger default protections.