Roblox has also recently begun requiring age verification for teens who want to chat more freely on platform ... What happens if companies don’t delete the uploaded files, for instance? Case in point: ...

Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13 ...

Online age checks are a tool to keep children away from adult websites and other material that might be harmful to them, proponents say.