Online game platform Roblox is implementing new, more rigorous safety strategiesfollowing continued criticism from young players’ parents and governmentofficials. On Wednesday, Roblox Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman announced theplatform would utilize “new technology for age estimation” — a combination of“facial age estimation technology,

The latest announcement from Roblox confirms that there will be a mandatory age verification on the platform for all users, regardless of age. Text and voice chats on the platform will temporarily be unavailable until users complete required verification.

In addition to confirming ages for individual accounts, Roblox also said it plans to adopt new systems that will limit communication between adults and minors unless they already know each other offline.