Roblox exec says ticking a box for age verification is ‘not enough anymore’

Roblox's vice president of information merchandise policy, Eliza Jacobs, told NBC News that Roblox is "optimistic" that its caller facial property estimation tech volition "continue to get better," saying, "Ticking a container to accidental you're 13 oregon older, it's not capable anymore." NBC invited a radical of kids to effort retired Roblox's caller video selfie property cheque process, but they weren't capable to get astir it with a fake mustache. Jacobs claims Roblox's facial property estimates tin typically onshore "within 1.4 years of a child's nonstop age."

Roblox announced plans successful April to statesman utilizing its video selfie property estimation tech to sort players into property brackets. Users nether 16 and unde …

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