Roblox requires facial age checks for all users globally to access chat
  • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    10 hours ago

    “Safety”

    The platform absolutely bursting at the seams with predators, with a CEO who knows this is happening but still wants to introducing dating and gambling into the game.

    Yeah, nothing fucking safe about this.

    • Retail4068@lemmy.worldEnglish
      115·
      5 hours ago

      God forbid you try to create a platform made for multiple age groups. Like mustache twirling evil 🙄.

      • traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        39 minutes ago

        Why the hell would anybody ever want to be on a platform for children? Why would any parent allow their kids on a platform for adults?

  • mrnobody@reddthat.comOPEnglish
    421·
    10 hours ago

    I say this is worse than the Discord shit bc now all kids gotta scan their faces just to chat… I don’t like it (Roblox) alteady but fuck no am I letting my kids do it!

    Edit: what’s to stop a pedo from using any online image, or even their own kid to then chat up other kids once verified?!

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      10 hours ago

      Apparently images alone don’t work. It has to be a video following a very specific set of instructions (looking to one side, then to the other, then straight ahead - or something like that).

      But your point still stands. Apparently a lot of kids are getting around this by using AI generated videos, or having a parent do it for them, or just drawing giving facial hair onto themselves.

      Yes, it’s definitely worse than Discord. Discord without age verification is still mostly usable. Roblox without it isn’t.

      The silver lining for me is that my kids have basically abandoned the platform now. I told them I’m not sending their IDs in because there’s such a huge risk of a data breach.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      Maybe they shouldn’t be chatting there, and this is a good deterrent. And if we can say parents are the solution, then are they not again the solution here? They should keep their kids away from facial recognition, and away from online spaces that don’t know their customers.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        13·
        7 hours ago

        While we could do without Roblox and Discord, the bigger picture is that the internet is becoming a surveillance panopticon.

        • ikt@aussie.zoneEnglish
          6·
          6 hours ago

          unfortunately after facebook was invented and people started using their real names on the internet, then the internet and real life started to merge together I feel this is a natural end state

          it was fun while it lasted