Overview

• A Denver family filed a 119-page federal complaint in California alleging a developmentally disabled teen was groomed on Roblox and then on Instagram due to the companies’ negligence and safety misrepresentations.
• The Colorado suit details explicit messages, simulated sexual acts within the game, coerced nude images and severe harms including running away, multiple hospitalizations and a suicide attempt.
• A North Carolina mother separately sued Roblox, alleging a predator posing as a child coerced her 10-year-old into sending explicit images in exchange for Robux and threatened to revoke the currency as leverage, with contact later shifting to text.
• Plaintiffs argue Roblox’s safeguards are inadequate, citing easy sign-up with limited age verification, earlier policies that allowed adults to message minors until November 2023 and the ability for children to bypass parental controls.
• Roblox says safety is a top priority and cites 24/7 human moderation, restrictions on sharing personal information and work with law enforcement, while Louisiana’s attorney general has also sued the company over alleged facilitation of child sexual abuse material.