Roblox is getting ready to roll out its latest safety feature at a time when it is confronting a growing number of lawsuits from states and families that claim the popular gaming app falsely advertised itself as safe for children.

Roblox announced a new AI feature that will allow teen players to have their age approximated with biometric data.

Roblox, 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.

As Roblox rolls out new age assurance features to prevent teens and kids from chatting with adults they do not know, it says Australia’s upcoming under-16s social media ban should not apply to its services.

Roblox will soon be rolling out a mandatory age verification system, requiring all users to provide an ID or a face scan to use the platform’s chat features. The policy will first take effect in

Gaming site Roblox is to roll out mandatory age verification for users who want to speak to others over chat. From January, all users will be put into age groups to determine who they can communicate with on the platform, to stop potentially inappropriate conversations between children and adults.