Overview
- James Uthmeier said the criminal subpoenas aim to obtain evidence on suspected predators and victims tied to alleged criminal activity on the platform.
- The requests include time-on-platform by age for users 16 and under, child-focused marketing materials, Florida abuse reports, and records related to prosecutions linked to Roblox.
- Uthmeier alleges adults pose as children, share sexual content, arrange meetups, and in some cases use Robux to bribe minors for explicit images, citing more than 1,000 predator arrests in Florida this year.
- Roblox says it will cooperate and points to safety steps such as prohibiting image and video sharing in chat, personal‑information filters, AI monitoring with reports to NCMEC, parental tools, and planned age estimation for chat access.
- The action adds to wider pressure that includes multiple lawsuits in the U.S., a case by Louisiana’s attorney general, and Iraq’s recent ban of Roblox over child protection concerns.