Overview

• A North Carolina mother filed a civil suit alleging a predator posed as a child on Roblox, coerced her 10-year-old to send explicit images in exchange for Robux, and continued contact via text messages.
• Roblox said it is deeply troubled by any incident that endangers users and cited advanced safety technology with 24/7 human moderation, though the complaint argues protections remain inadequate.
• A separate lawsuit by a Denver family targets Roblox and Meta, alleging a developmentally disabled teen was groomed on Roblox and then exploited on Instagram after being coerced to create an account.
• The complaints fault weak age verification, minimal signup requirements, limited parental controls, and a policy that until November 2023 allowed adults to message children directly.
• Legal pressure is building after Louisiana’s attorney general sued Roblox on Aug. 15 accusing the platform of facilitating child sexual abuse, as scrutiny of safety controls grows alongside a large under-16 user base cited in Roblox’s 2023 report.