Nebraska Attorney General Hilgers announced a consumer-protection and child-safety lawsuit alleging Roblox knowingly exposed children to predators, harmful content and illegal activity while misleading parents about safety. The complaint claims the company failed to implement adequate safeguards. These are allegations in the lawsuit, not established findings.
LINCOLN, NE — Attorney General Hilgers announced today a major consumer‑protection and child‑safety lawsuit against Roblox Corporation, alleging that the company has knowingly created and maintained an online environment that exposes millions of children to sexual predators, violent content, and illegal activity while misleading parents about the platform’s safety.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed suit against Roblox and Discord, alleging deceptive safety claims and product designs that exposed children to predators. The state says Roblox enabled grooming and links to Discord, and seeks injunctions, damages and alleged wrongful profits. These are allegations in a lawsuit, not established findings.
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin has filed suit against Roblox Corporation and Discord Inc., two of the most-cited platforms in federal child exploitation prosecutions, for years of deliberate deception and reckless product design that transformed the internet’s most popular children’s gaming site into one of the most dangerous places online. Griffin issued the following statement:
Los Angeles County filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on February 19, 2026, alleging Roblox failed to protect children from predators, grooming and inappropriate content and did not provide effective moderation or age checks. The county seeks injunctions, abatement and civil penalties; the allegations have not been established in court.
The lawsuit alleges that children in Los Angeles County have been repeatedly exposed to sexually explicit content, exploitation and grooming on Roblox because the company chooses to put corporate profit over the safety of children. The lawsuit further alleges that Roblox has failed to implement effective moderation or age verification systems, despite repeated public assurances that its platform is safe for kids.
The lawsuit alleges that while Roblox markets itself as a safe digital space for creativity, children in Los Angeles County have been repeatedly exposed to sexually explicit content, exploitation and grooming. The lawsuit further alleges that Roblox has failed to implement effective moderation and age verification systems, despite repeated public assurances that its platform is safe for kids.
Roblox is rolling out automated multimodal moderation that analyzes avatars, text and 3D environments together in real time, with initial focus on problematic avatars and drawings. The company says the system can shut down violating servers while leaving compliant players’ sessions intact; it describes the technology as an added safety layer, not a foolproof solution.
If you've ever wondered how platforms keep up with millions of users at once, this is where things get real. Roblox has over 144 million daily users. That scale creates a massive challenge. Harmful content does not always show up in obvious ways. Sometimes, it is the combination of things that creates the problem. Now, the company is rolling out a new system designed to catch exactly that. But first, it helps to understand what Roblox actually is. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts, and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, you’ll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide - free when you join my CYBERGUY.COM newsletter MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN ALLEGEDLY USED ROBLOX CURRENCY TO SOLICIT EXPLICIT CONTENT FROM KIDS UNDER 10 What is Roblox Roblox is an online platform where people can create, share and play games built by other users. Instead of being a single game, it is a massive ecosystem of user-generated experiences that range from simple obstacle courses to complex virtual worlds. What makes Roblox different is how much control users have. Players are not just consuming content. They are constantly creating it in real time through avatars, text and interactive environments. That constant creation is exactly what makes moderation more complex. A smarter way to spot harmful content Most moderation tools look at one thing at a time. A message. An image. An avatar. That approach can miss the bigger picture. Speaking exclusively with CyberGuy, Matt Kaufman, Roblox's chief safety officer, explained the shift clearly: "We already moderate all of the objects in a virtual world, but how they come together and interact has long been a challenge. Our new real-time multimodal moderation system looks at an entire scene simultaneously from the user's point of view – including 3D objects, avatars, and text – capturing all of these elements together in a specific moment to assess whether the combination of content types breaks our rules." This is called multimodal moderation. Instead of analyzing pieces in isolation, it looks at everything together in real time. Why older systems were missing the problem Here is the issue platforms have faced for years. Something can look harmless on its own. But when combined with other elements, it can become harmful or violate rules. Kaufman puts it this way: "Traditional AI moderation systems, which moderate one object at a time, can lack context
Roblox rolls out a new AI system that analyzes entire scenes in real time to detect harmful content across its platform. (Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
On April 21, 2026, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced an $11.08 million settlement with Roblox, payable over several years. The state said its investigation found historical safety-design failures exposing children to danger. The agreement requires age checks for chat, limits adult contact with under-16 users, defaults safer content settings, and funds state safety education and oversight.
Attorney General JB McCuskey announced today an $11 million settlement with Roblox. As part of the agreement, the kids gaming company will fundamentally overhaul how it protects children -- including mandatory age verification, restricted adult-to-child chat, default safe-content settings for all users under 16 and safety training for West Virginia families and law enforcement.
A class action filed by children in the United States alleges Roblox profited from unpaid or underpaid work by minors through DevEx and its Talent Hub. The lead plaintiff says he worked more than 40 hours weekly at ages 11 to 13 without pay. Roblox strongly rejects the lawsuit’s characterization and says earning through DevEx requires significant time and skill, with no guaranteed income.
Action taken: A Roblox spokesperson said in a statement they “strongly reject the characterization” of the lawsuit. “We want to provide a positive and safe experience for everyone. People of all ages and backgrounds start creating on Roblox for many different reasons — to learn to code, to share their creations with friends, or simply for the joy of building,” they said. The spokesperson said the DevEx program has “clear and strict requirements that explicitly state that reaching the level of success required to earn money takes significant time and skill, and there is no guarantee of income.”
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr launched an investigation into whether Roblox violated state consumer-protection laws and put children at risk. He issued a Civil Investigative Demand seeking information on safety reports, moderation, age verification, adult-child interactions and child-suitability marketing. The announcement cites reports of exploitation involving Roblox users.
This investigation follows repeated reports of child abuse and sexual exploitation initiated on Roblox. Earlier this year, the Georgia State Patrol recovered two girls who went missing from their home in Florida after communicating with a 19-year-old stranger on Roblox. The suspect, who is from Nebraska, is currently facing kidnapping and other charges. In 2023, an adult posing as a child used Roblox’s chat function to communicate with a 12-year-old boy, who was later coerced into sending explicit photos.
On November 18, 2025, CEO David Baszucki told CNN about new safety measures, including AI age-verification technology. The announcement followed lawsuits alleging Roblox had failed to deter sexual predators from targeting minors; the report describes allegations, not a court finding.
Roblox CEO David Baszucki joined CNN's Pamela Brown to discuss new safety measures to protect young users, including AI-age verification technology. The announcement comes after a growing number of lawsuits that say the platform allegedly failed to deter sexual predators from targeting minors on the popular gaming platform.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced a settlement requiring Roblox to pay $9.8 million over three years, fund a $500,000 safety campaign and face $10 million in damages for noncompliance. The agreement also requires safety reforms, including age assurance, expanded parental controls and limits on minors’ chats and Robux transfers.
TOPEKA – (September 29, 2026) – Kansas Attorney General Kris W. Kobach today announced that Kansas has reached a substantial settlement with Roblox, the interactive gaming platform used by millions of children. The agreement secures more than $10 million in financial commitments and requires Roblox to implement and maintain a series of child-safety reforms designed to give parents stronger tools and keep minors away from harmful contact with unknown adults.
South Dakota announced a $15 million settlement in July 2026, including child-safety measures and funds for enforcement, education and public awareness; up to $5.4 million more may be due for noncompliance. Alabama announced a $12.2 million settlement in April 2026 for school resource officers, alongside safety commitments. Both states describe age verification and other protections.
Roblox will require all users to 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.
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.
Roblox will require all users to 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.
Current and former employees told Bloomberg that Roblox’s hiring and workplace practices fell short on diversity, with reports of demeaning remarks and discouragement from raising concerns. Roblox said it prohibits discrimination and retaliation, described its hiring and review processes, and reported increases in women’s representation from 2020 to 2023.
Roblox's struggles with diversity don't take place in a vacuum. The company has also faced pressure over concerns of user safety on Roblox, which cover a wide range of concerns ranging from exploitation of underage creators to allegations of harassment and abuse among players and creators.
Roblox Corp.'s efforts at promoting a diverse workforce aren't going far enough—and a series of microaggressions and perceived lack of interest in diversity from upper management may be driving some workers from the company.
Roblox shareholder Daniel Colbert sued CEO David Baszucki and eight other current or former officers and directors in Clark County on October 20, 2026. The complaint alleges leaders downplayed age-verification effects on growth and bookings, and Baszucki made unusually timed share sales. Roblox did not immediately comment; the claims remain allegations.
Roblox consistently finds itself embroiled in legal battles and controversy regarding child safety on its platform. Lawsuits in Nevada have been filed as recently as Oct. 14, after a 9-year-old girl allegedly received sexually explicit photographs from a predator she met on the platform.
A shareholder is suing Roblox, alleging company leaders misled investors about the potential negative effects of age verification checks on platform growth.
The Clark County lawsuit alleges Roblox leaders downplayed the impact of age verification checks on user growth and spending, while accusing CEO David Baszucki of profiting more than $750 million from stock sales.
A proposed class action filed in California federal court alleges Roblox intercepted communications and collected personal data without consent through tracking code, despite knowing many users were under 13. The available report identifies Roblox as a defendant but provides no further details on the claims or their outcome.
By Lauren Berg ( April 21, 2025, 9:13 PM EDT) -- Roblox invades its users' privacy by surreptitiously intercepting communications and harvesting personal data without consent through tracking code on its gaming platform despite knowing that a large percentage of its user base is children under the age of 13, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court....
On September 22, 2026, a Williamson County court denied Roblox Corporation’s request to dismiss Tennessee’s consumer-protection suit. The state alleges Roblox misrepresented its safety practices; Roblox argued Section 230, the First Amendment and insufficient factual allegations barred the case. The court allowed the claims to proceed, not deciding whether deception occurred.
The State sued Roblox in December 2025, alleging that the company misled parents and children about the safety of its platform to lure in children. According to the State, Roblox made specific, detailed promises about safety—including that the company reviewed every uploaded image, video, and audio file before it went live, that safety moderators monitored the platform around the clock, and that the company removed harmful content within minutes. But Tennessee alleges that Roblox knowingly broke those promises.
A mother of a 13-year-old Georgia boy alleges in a lawsuit that her son’s Roblox game-building was illegal child labor: she says he worked more than 40 hours a week without pay for two years with adult-led groups. Roblox denied violating child-labor and wage laws, saying the platform is for entertainment and learning coding, not earning money.
Novel litigation accusing Roblox Corp. of exploiting underage game developers is set to test how decades-old child labor laws apply to a digital era where kids increasingly go online to play, learn, and allegedly work.
On August 6, 2025, Roblox said it would label experiences primarily themed around current sensitive social, political or religious issues. The company said the descriptor does not take a position on any specific issue, and users under 13 would need parental permission to access these experiences.
The content descriptor will be applied to experiences that are “primarily themed on current sensitive social, political, or religious issues,” Roblox says. “This descriptor is not meant to take a stance on any specific issue.” Users under 13 will not be able to access them without a parent’s permission.
[Link: Updates to Our Maturity & Compliance Questionnaire | https://devforum.roblox.com/t/updates-to-our-maturity-compliance-questionnaire/3860056 | devforum.roblox.com]
On January 30, 2026, Roblox said reenactments of immigration raids violate its community standards and that it takes swift action against users who breach them. The company cited rules against recreating sensitive real-world events and urged users to report violations; it acknowledged that no enforcement system is perfect.
A Roblox spokesperson said the reenactments of immigration raids are in violation of the platform’s community standards and said the company takes “swift action" against users found to be violating those policies.
Campaign records cited by ABC7 show Roblox CEO David Baszucki and his wife, Jan, gave a combined $156,800 to San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s California governor campaign. The February 12, 2026 report described Mahan’s campaign as receiving substantial support from wealthy Silicon Valley executives and investors.
David Baszucki, the billionaire CEO of the gaming platform Roblox, and his wife Jan gave a combined $156,800 to Mahan's campaign, records show. The support for a moderate, billionaire-friendly governor extends to Southern California, where businessman and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso contributed $78,400 to Mahan's campaign.
OpenSecrets’ archived Roblox Corp profile reported $187,743 in contributions for the 2024 cycle, with 97.86% going to Democrats and 2.14% to Republicans. The site says the organization itself did not donate: contributions came from individuals connected to it, including employees, owners and their immediate family members. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
The Ninth Circuit ruled that a California federal court properly denied Roblox’s motion to compel arbitration in a father’s class action, saying Roblox had first sought a ruling on the merits. The father alleges Roblox misled him about child safety; he says another user tried to groom his daughter. The ruling concerned arbitration, not the merits of those allegations.
After failing to get the lawsuit thrown out under Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act, which shields online sites from liability for the content that users post on them, Roblox tried to send the case into arbitration.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit ruled that federal court in California properly denied Roblox’s motion to compel arbitration in which a father, suing on behalf of a class of parents, challenged the company’s terms of service for its popular computer game. He says he was misled by the gaming platform into believing it was safe for his children, but that another user tried to groom his daughter and convince her she had an alternative sexual orientation. “A party cannot ask the district court to dismiss a complaint on the merits, holding in reserve a claimed right to arbitrate that will be exercised only if it does not like the district court’s decision.”
On October 16, 2023, Roblox announced a further $15 million for its Community Fund, on top of an earlier $10 million, to support educational programming and creators of learning experiences. Fund-supported examples included robotics game RoboCo Sports League and Pathogen Patrol, a game designed to teach students about the immune system.
Roblox is working to be a place where kids come to learn, not just play.The popular metaverse gaming company is investing $15 million into its Roblox Community Fund, which supports educational programming on the platform, as it looks to support creators of experiences teaching everything from math to mental and emotional health strategies. “We imagine a world where millions of students will be learning via co-experiences on Roblox that facilitate solving problems, creating, collaborating, and having fun together,” said Roblox CEO and founder David Baszucki in an email to Fast Company. “We already see how 3D simulated virtual environments where people are together can open up learning opportunities that aren’t possible in the physical world and help understand concepts in richer, more engaging ways.”[GIF: Roblox]The new investment comes on top of a previous $10 million contribution to the fund, and Roblox is already welcoming new high-profile learning games to the platform. Those include a Community Fund-supported robotics game called RoboCo Sports League, built by educational game maker Filament Games in collaboration with FIRST, the robotics education and competition organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen. The game lets players work side-by-side in a digital environment to build virtual robots with parts like pistons, springs, and motors, then take the simulated bots into competitions ranging from soccer to sheepherding. Its creators envision it will enable more students to take part in robotics activities, since it reduces the logistical and financial challenges inherent in building physical robots. Filament Games CEO Dan White says he imagines some schools will also use it is a rapid prototyping platform to test out ideas for real-world robots and as a way to supplement a limited number of physical robotics kits.“We definitely designed it with the idea that it can be an augment or a standalone,” he says. “In a perfect world, everybody gets access to some sort of physical experience as well.”Though Filament builds educational games for a variety of platforms, Roblox is particularly well-suited for RoboCo Sports League, since it has such strong support for multiplayer experiences, a key component of the FIRST methodology, White says.
Campaign filings cited by The Guardian and Bloomberg show Roblox CEO and co-founder David Baszucki donated the maximum individual contribution of $78,400 to San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s California governor campaign in 2026. The reports identify Baszucki among Silicon Valley donors supporting Mahan’s centrist run.
Mahan appears to be the savior the tech industry had been searching for. Since his candidacy announcement just two weeks ago, millions have poured into his campaign. According to public records, he has received donations from several venture capitalists, along with the Roblox CEO, David Baszucki, Y Combinator CEO, Garry Tan, GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath, Cloudkitchen co-founder Diego Berdakin and Ring founder Siminoff.
Mahan’s campaign also received donations from David Baszucki, co-founder and CEO of Roblox, and Joe Lonsdale, the co-founder of Palantir. They all maxed out their individual contributions at $78,400, according to campaign filings released Tuesday.
OpenSecrets lists Roblox Corp lobbying reports covering several bills in the 118th Congress, including the Kids Online Safety Act, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act and Protecting Kids on Social Media Act. The page counts seven reports each for the first two Senate bills and six for the third; it does not state Roblox’s specific position.
<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Bill Number</th> <th>Congress</th> <th>Title</th> <th>No. of Reports & Specific Issues*</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>S.1418 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>S.1409 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Kids Online Safety Act</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>S.1291 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Protecting Kids on Social Media Act</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>H.R.7890 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>H.R.7891 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Kids Online Safety Act</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>S.2073 </td> <td>118</td> <td>Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2023</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>H.R.8989 </td> <td>118</td> <td>TAKE IT DOWN Act</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>S.474 </td> <td>118</td> <td>REPORT Act</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>S.4569 </td> <td>118</td> <td>TAKE IT DOWN Act</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>H.R.5082 </td> <td>118</td> <td>REPORT Act</td> <td>1</td> </tr> </tbody> <tfoot> <tr> <td colspan="4">*Each quarterly filing is treated as a separate report.</td> </tr> </tfoot> </table>
CNBC reported that pro-Palestinian virtual protests appeared on Roblox and one area had more than 275,000 visits, though repeat visits could count. Roblox said “Free Palestine” is allowed as solidarity; Kotaku reported a user received a warning for the phrase, but said it was unclear why the post was flagged. Roblox said one experience was still live, set to private by its creator.
"While our Community Standards allow for expressions of solidarity, we do not allow for content that endorses or condones violence, promotes terrorism or hatred against individuals or groups, or calls for supporting a specific political party," a Roblox spokesperson told CNBC. "We have an expert team of thousands of moderators along with automated detection tools in place to monitor our platform and will take swift action against any content or individuals found to be in violation of our standards."
The same person who alleged that one pro-Palestinian game was taken down did receive a warning from Roblox for saying “FREE PALESTINE.” They shared a screenshot of that warning on X, which shows why the warning was issued (“political content”) and what the “offensive item” was (“FREE PALESTINE FREE PALESTINE”), but the moderator note seems somewhat at odds with the current Roblox community standards. The note reads: “Roblox does not permit support for current political candidates, parties, associated flags or symbols.”
An OpenSecrets lobbying summary page lists $347,344 for Roblox in 2023. The supplied evidence does not specify which issues the lobbying addressed or how the figure was calculated.
David Baszucki, Roblox’s founder, and his wife Jan founded the Baszucki Brain Research Fund in 2019. The fund announced $2 million for five pilot clinical-trial teams studying ketogenic diet therapies for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression. David said the approach had helped his son, whose bipolar diagnosis inspired the couple’s philanthropy.
A little over a year ago, I wrote about the tech industry couple Jan Ellison Baszucki and David Baszucki, who decided to focus much of their philanthropy on serious mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. Their philanthropy got a major jolt of wealth derived from the initial public offering of Roblox Corporation, an immersive gaming company David founded. The liquidity event enabled the couple to ramp up plans for Baszucki Brain Research Fund, which they founded in 2019.