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16% of Parents Help Their Children Bypass Online Age Checks, Study Finds. One 15-Year-Old Just Uses a Fake Moustache (slashdot.org)

2026-05-04 | by Posted | get Fake Mustache Costume → | tags: online age checks, parents, children

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Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | by Lola Murti | get Roblox Gift Card → | tags: roblox, david baszucki, age check

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Roblox shares plummet 18% as child safety measures weigh on bookings (cnbc.com)

2026-05-01 | by Lola Murti | get Roblox Gift Card → | tags: roblox, david baszucki, age check

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Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age checks slow growth (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Roblox Premium Membership → | tags: roblox, daily active users, age checks

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Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age-checks slow growth (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Roblox Premium Membership → | tags: roblox, daily active users, age checks

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Roblox defends expanded age‑checks after parents raise concerns over errors (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-13 | get Roblox Parental Control Kit → | tags: roblox, online gaming, age checks

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Roblox introduces ‘Kids’ and ‘Select’ accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-13 | by Aisha Malik | get Roblox Kids & Select Accounts → | tags: roblox, kids accounts, age check

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Apple brings in age checks for UK iPhone users (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-03-25 | get iPhone Age Verification Kit → | tags: apple, uk government, iphone

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UK's Ofcom has today fined 4chan £450k for not having age checks in place (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | get 4chan Age Verification Software → | tags: ofcom, 4chan, age checks

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UK fines 4chan nearly $700,000 for failing its online safety act obligations (engadget.com)

2026-03-19 | get 4chan Safety Compliance Guide → | tags: ofcom, 4chan, online safety act

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Social media firms asked to toughen up age checks for under-13s (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-03-12 | get Kids Safe Tech Kit → | tags: social media, age checks, under-13s

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Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-20 | get Voice → | tags: discord, government ids, age checks

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Discord’s age verification mandate is a leap toward a gated internet (theverge.com)

2026-02-10 | by Emma Roth | get Gated internet → | tags: age checks, checks, discord

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Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-06 | by Aisha Malik | get Roblox ID → | tags: age check, check, checks

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Roblox now requires all users globally to complete age checks to access chat (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-07 | by Aisha Malik | get Roblox Age Check → | tags: age check, chat, check

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Roblox now requires an age check if you want to chat (theverge.com)

2026-01-07 | by Jay Peters | get Roblox Age Check → | tags: able, age check, chat

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Porn company starts new age checks after £1m Ofcom fine (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2025-12-10 | tags: age checks, checks, fine

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UK fines porn company £1 million for weak age checks (engadget.com)

2025-12-04 | tags: age checks, checks, fine

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Roblox Blocks Children From Chatting To Adult Strangers (slashdot.org)

2025-11-20 | tags: adult, age checks, chat

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Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in New Safety Standard (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-19 | get Age Check System → | tags: age check, chat, check

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Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-18 | by Aisha Malik | get Roblox Game → | tags: access, age check, check

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Roblox will require all users to perform age-checks to access chat from January (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-18 | by Aisha Malik | get Roblox Chat Monitor → | tags: age check, age group, check