Australian gamers who want use Roblox's in-game chat service will have to submit to a facial age verification check from next month.

The system is available to Australian Roblox users on a voluntary basis from tonight, but it will become mandatory from the first week of December when the federal government's social media age ban kicks in.

Roblox said it will start deploying the system across Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands in December, ahead of a wider international rollout starting from January next year.

From the first week of December, Australian Roblox users will be required to use the platform's mobile app to complete the age verification process if they want to continue using its chat feature.

Roblox's age verification system will rely on facial biometric data to make

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