Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to Roblox, seeking documents regarding the platform’s child protection policies.
The big picture: The subpoena requests information on how Roblox verifies users’ ages, moderates chat rooms, and markets itself to children.
- Authorities also want details on Roblox’s collection and processing of children’s personal data.
Driving the news: The action follows multiple reports of children being exposed to graphic or harmful content due to predatory adults contacting minors freely on Roblox.
- Roblox had over 85 million daily active users in 2024, with approximately 40% under the age of 13.
- The platform hosts millions of games and interactive environments created both by Roblox and its users.
Zoom in: Parents across the U.S. have filed at least eight lawsuits accusing Roblox of enabling predators to contact, groom, and abduct children.
- Notable cases include a 10-year-old California girl found hours from home with a 27-year-old man she met on Roblox, who was subsequently charged with kidnapping and child sex crimes.
- Another lawsuit describes Roblox as a “digital hunting ground” for child abusers, focusing on the case of a 13-year-old Iowa girl kidnapped and sexually abused by an adult posing as a teenager on the platform.
