… Roblox rolled out mandatory age verification in late 2025, starting with Australia, most likely due to eSafety's work. There were issues with the rollout , with kids spoofing its age check system, but Roblox was adamant that its technology works. …
… Apps and websites like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube will be required to implement age verification measures to ensure that they have no users in the country younger than the minimum age. …
… The Age Signals tool allows parents to share their own or their child's age with devs as a range. This as a more private option than requiring age be shared as a specific number or birthdate while still helping devs meet a growing number of age verification requirements. …
… Notably, the Australian agency can gather evidence regarding compliance with the ban from third parties, like from age verification or app store providers, according to the press release. …
… At least two separate studies published in April and June have found that a significant number of Australian children continued to use social media after the ban went into place, possibly due to social platforms' lax approach to age verification. …
… The report found that the percentage of under-16s in Australia who had an account on an age-restricted platform dropped from 52.4 percent to 42.1 percent. …
… The so-called Guidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue Act, or GUARD Act, advanced past the US Senate Judiciary Committee but has yet to be voted on. The language of the bill did soften last month. …
… Roblox introduced an age verification system last year to limit users' ability to interact with people outside of their age group. …