The new safety measure comes as Roblox faces criticism and at least 35 lawsuits alleging users meet and abuse children on the gaming platform or that the platform helps facilitate child sexual exploitation and grooming.

Roblox Corporation announced new safety features that will use facial recognition technology to verify user ages and restrict communication between age groups.

Controversial gaming platform Roblox is rolling out major changes as it seeks to escape Australia’s impending under-16s social media ban.