“Roblox's user-generated content policies have resulted in young users being exposed to graphic content and predatory behavior.”

From 2013 to 2021, the number of CyberTipline reports received by NCMEC skyrocketed from 500,000 to almost 30 million... Technology has enhanced offender sophistication and changed behavior patterns. Roblox is mentioned among platforms that can implement measures to protect children from sexual abuse online.

Today, we are sharing what we believe will become the gold standard for communication safety, and announcing our plans to require a facial age check for all users accessing chat features, making us the first online gaming or communication platform to do so. Once the age check is complete, users will only be allowed to chat with others in similar age groups, unless they become Trusted Connections with people they know. The age-check requirement for collaboration and chat builds on our previous work, including over 145 recent safety innovations launched since January 2025.

We proactively report potentially harmful content to NCMEC, which is the designated reporting entity for the public and electronic service providers regarding instances of suspected child sexual exploitation. In 2024, we submitted 24,522 reports to NCMEC (0.12% of the 20.3 million total reports submitted to NCMEC).

Roblox alleging that the platform failed to protect children from predatory behavior. The lawsuit alleges that while Roblox markets itself...

Officials in Los Angeles have said they are suing Roblox, alleging the popular online platform exposes children to sexual content, exploitation and online predators. In a lawsuit, Los Angeles County said the company does not carry out adequate moderation and its age-verification systems are not fit for purpose.

“Deeply disturbing” research exposes how easy it is for children to encounter inappropriate content and interact unsupervised with adults on the gaming platform Roblox. The report found that children as young as five were able to communicate with adults while playing games on the platform, and found examples of adults and children interacting with no effective age verification.

Roblox reported over 13,000 incidents of child exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2023, with around 24 predators arrested for grooming and abusing victims on the hugely popular social game platform in the US. Roblox says it has spent 'almost two decades making the platform one of the safest online environments for our users, particularly the youngest users'.

Roblox, the popular gaming platform that has garnered controversy and lawsuits in recent weeks over allegations it poses a threat to child safety, said Wednesday it is working on new initiatives to protect children online, including an age estimation feature that will limit communication between minors and adults. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill alleged the platform is “overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety,” accusing it of lacking sufficient safety protocols.

Common Sense Media generally gives Roblox a recommended age of 13+ due to user-generated content and chat interactions, which can open the door to potential risks like cyberbullying, exposure to inappropriate language, and interactions with strangers.

Los Angeles County has sued online gaming company Roblox, adding to a series of suits that accuse the virtual worlds platform of misleading parents into thinking it's safe while leaving children exposed to predators and sexually explicit content. The complaint contains many allegations about the type of behavior that has occurred on Roblox, including: The simulated rape of a seven year-old's avatar in a digital playground environment. “Diddy” games that recreated some events from the imprisoned rap star's parties. The creation of Jeffrey Epstein-themed accounts, and the operation of a game called “Escape to Epstein Island”.

As of February 2026, at least six state attorneys general have launched investigations or taken legal action against Roblox over concerns about child safety and exploitation. In response, Roblox stated, "As a platform built with a young audience in mind, Roblox has a history of pioneering industry-leading safeguards designed to monitor for harmful content and proactively block the exchange of images and personal information in chat."

Child-safety reporting has documented at least 30 arrests in the United States since 2018 involving people who abducted or sexually abused children they first groomed on Roblox. One analysis compiled by child-safety advocates describes a surge of reported Roblox grooming incidents, with more than 1,000 documented cases and a year-over-year increase of about 33 percent in predatory behavior targeting young users.

Despite its efforts to make the platform safer for young gamers, Roblox remains a risky space for children and teenagers. Research suggests that measures still aren't sufficient, as adults can easily register accounts as children, allowing them to communicate fairly freely with kids, and researchers were able to bypass AI content moderation simply by changing fonts in the chat.

Roblox has faced repeated criticism for moderation failures that allow harmful behavior to continue unchecked. Parents and users report submitting complaints about grooming, explicit behavior, or exploitative content, only to see little or no action taken for days or weeks. Predators routinely bypass chat filters using coded language, symbols, emojis, or intentional misspellings.

Controversial gaming platform Roblox has been put on notice, with persistent reports predators are targeting kids with sexually explicit and suicidal material. Communications Minister Anika Wells has requested an urgent meeting with the popular platform two months after Australia's world-leading social media ban kicked in. She is alarmed by claims young Roblox users are being exposed to graphic and gratuitous user-generated content. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said Roblox must immediately take action to block predators having access to children after the “horrendous” reports.

Multiple lawsuits allege that Roblox Corporation knowingly failed to implement adequate safety measures, allowing child predators to identify, groom, and exploit minors through in-game communication features, private messaging systems, and virtual currency exchanges. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated dozens of federal lawsuits in December 2025, accusing Roblox of enabling child grooming and sexual exploitation.

Numerous cases have shown predators grooming children via Roblox and Discord, then arranging in-person meetings that result in rape or sexual assault. A predator first contacted a minor on Roblox and then moved their conversations to Discord. He later met the child in person and assaulted them.

Roblox does have features to protect kids from problem interactions on the platform, such as text filters and human monitoring, and parental controls can be effective in protecting children from some dangers. However, for most parents, these controls won't be enough, as they require child cooperation and don't prevent creating new accounts.

According to a recent investigative report by Channel 9 Eyewitness News, predators are allegedly using AI to generate sexually explicit images of children who are innocently playing on popular gaming platforms like Roblox, Fortnite, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. According to the investigation, more than 7,000 reports have been made to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children involving the use of generative AI to sexually exploit children.

Roblox relies heavily on automated moderation, which predators frequently bypass using misspellings, emojis, or coded language. Automated tools struggle to identify grooming behaviors that develop slowly or rely on coded language. Reporting systems often depend on children recognizing inappropriate behavior and taking action, which many are afraid or unsure how to do.

Roblox has implemented robust parental controls, including AI chat filtering, a human moderation team, a content rating system, and ID verification for 17+ content, with regular safety updates and quarterly transparency reports. The platform offers a parental dashboard to review recently played experiences, friend lists, account activity, and flagged content alerts.

A 2025 survey by Associazione Meter found that 70% of children aged 9 to 11 faced at least one risky situation on Roblox, with 45% reporting grooming attempts by strangers through private chats. The report highlights that only 10% of these children are fully aware of the seriousness of such behavior.

Roblox has implemented Sentinel AI system to scan billions of messages for grooming patterns and reported generating approximately 1,200 reports of suspected child exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the first half of 2025. The platform has also introduced mandatory age verification using facial age estimation for chat access and expanded parental controls, though critics argue these measures came after years of documented safety failures.