Roblox requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie for age verification [U: Global]<div class="feat-image">
</div><p><a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/roblox/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Roblox[/url], one of the most popular kids’ apps in the world, is now requiring children as young as nine years old to submit a video selfie for age verification.
Update: Following a partial launch in December of last year, the requirement is now being <a href="https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2026/01/roblox-age-checks-required-to-chat" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">rolled out globally[/url]. The company says you will see the update within the next week.</p>
<p>While the developer is doing this for good reasons, it adds further weight to the argument that <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] and <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/google/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google[/url], rather than individual app developers, should be responsible for age verification … </p>
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Roblox requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie for age verification [U: Global]
