Roblox Lawsuit
Roblox, a supposedly harmless gaming site for children and teens, has proven to be a tool for predators to gain access to these users for their own horrifying gains. The platform’s lack of safety parameters in the name of profit have led to mounting reports of explicit content and the sexual exploitation of its young users. Additionally, the site Discord has been utilized by predators to continue to communicate with minors and abuse them further. Our team aims to hold Roblox and Discord accountable for putting these users at risk, and bring justice to the families who have been affected.
Compromised Safety
In 2024, The National Center on Sexual Exploitation named Roblox as one of the members of its “Dirty Dozen List”: “an annual campaign calling out twelve mainstream entities for facilitating, enabling, and even profiting from sexual abuse and exploitation.”
Even after multiple reports making similar claims and several incidents involving the platform, Roblox reported a 2% decline in trust and safety expenses year over year. The uproar from these accusations caused them to implement more parental controls for children under thirteen, but nothing has been put in place for those over thirteen. But, even though these are set in place, there’s nothing stopping a user from creating a profile with a fake age. Additionally, there are no other age verification parameters for users to join chatrooms or games that are sexually explicit in nature.
To save money, moderation on the platform is outsourced to call centers overseas to filter through the massive amount of daily interactions that occur on Roblox. What’s even more concerning is that these moderators are unable to keep predators off the platform permanently: if a group is flagged as violating the Terms of Use, the content is deleted but the group will still be active.
- Roblox has been named by several publications as a site that facilitates and profits from the sexual abuse of children.
- There are no age parameters for children to access the sexually explicit content on the site.
Moderation is lax, and even then, moderators are unable to permanently ban users from the platform.
See the 2024 Dirty Dozen List report
Long-Standing Reports of Abuse
There are multiple reports of predators utilizing Roblox, as well as the communication app Discord, to target, exploit, and assault minors.
- In 2019, a sexual predator from Florida utilized Roblox and Discord to force children ages 10-12 to send nude pictures of themselves.
- A registered sex offender bribed an eight-year-old girl to send nude videos in exchange for Robux, the currency used on the app. In this instance, the company directly profited off of the sexual exploitation of a child.
- In 2024, a man from Chile traveled to the United States to meet a young girl he had been grooming and manipulating on Roblox.
Holding Roblox Accountable
Providing false assurance of a safe, child-friendly environment, profiting off the exploitation of minors, and turning a blind eye to the multitude of reports of abuse is just the tip of the iceberg. Roblox should be held accountable for betraying the trust of consumers and misleading families.
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Your Legal Options
Families should not have to suffer in silence. If your child has been harmed through Roblox or Discord, our compassionate and experienced legal team is ready to help you pursue justice.
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