One of the world’s largest gaming platforms will now require users to submit to facial age-estimation scans in a global push to stop children being exposed to adult conversations online.

A new series of age checks and chat groupings are coming to Roblox that are meant to keep children from falling prey to predators.

Roblox is one of the world’s biggest gaming platforms and it’s aimed squarely at kids. But critics say it hasn’t done enough to protect millions of users from child predators. “Over the years, people have raised concerns about a lack of guardrails ...