Alabama announces $12.2M settlement with Roblox over child safety

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the state has reached a settlement with Roblox (RBLX). Under the settlement terms, Alabama will receive $12.2M to be used for funding school resource officers across the state via the Attorney General’s Safe School Initiative.” As a part of the agreement with Roblox, all users must undergo age verification to ensure children have access only to age-appropriate content on the platform. Roblox has committed to using facial age estimation technology and government- issued ID for age confirmation and will use behavioral monitoring to identify users who may have been aged incorrectly. The settlement also explicitly addresses privacy concerns related to age verification,” the AG said in a statement.