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Between September and December 2025, authorities in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul informed parents that the platform was being used by pedophile networks to solicit sexual and self-harm videos from minors in exchange for Robux in cities in southern Brazil. In August 2025, the Defensoría del Pueblo de la Provincia de Catamarca informed parents in the Argentine province that the platform’s security was insufficient to protect minors and that in recent years cases of sexual harassment of minors were becoming more frequent in the province thanks to Roblox. The Division of Cybercrime of the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) was the first Venezuelan government organization to issue a national statement warning that the platform was not safe and that parents should monitor their children’s chats. The Netherlands and Belgium have restricted certain games on the platform due to their regulations on in-game “loot boxes”, which give out items based on random or unknown chances, to reduce children’s exposure to gambling. In the same month, Janybek Amatov, a member of the Kyrgyz parliament, raised restrictions on games marketed to children, such as Roblox and Minecraft, following the presence of pedophiles.
Roblox Corporation responded to the lawsuit on August 15, stating that they continuously work “to enhance our moderation approaches to promote a safe and enjoyable environment for all users”. The suit alleged that by actively shutting down independent efforts to expose potential dangers on its platform, Roblox was failing in its duty to protect underage users from harm. On August 14, 2025, Louisiana attorney general Liz Murrill filed a child protection lawsuit against Roblox Corporation. The lawsuit alleges that Roblox profited off minors when they bought Robux to participate in third-party gambling rings, violating the RICO act. Following the platform ban in Buenos Aires, the secretaries of public education in the provinces of Córdoba, Mendoza and Misiones issued regional bans on Roblox on all public school devices after multiple reports of grooming and child harassment. The Ministry of Education made this decision after a case of child exploitation in which the platform was being actively used by pedophiles based in the city of Cipolletti, who requested intimate photos of minors in exchange for Robux.

• El Haïry also emphasized that the conversation about protecting children online should also include video games and not just social media in general.
• “GameSafe is a must-have for any parent with gaming kids.”
• On November 6, 2025, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Roblox Corporation, alleging that the company misleadingly promoted its platform as a safe environment for children.
• In February 2026, the Egyptian Supreme Council for Media Regulation passed a statement banning access to Roblox, with concerns being “internet and social media use among children”.
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The platform implemented a rehaul of its friend system with age verification through facial recognition or through a government-issued ID. Roblox Corporation has responded to some concerns by launching updates intended to boost child safety, and it employs about 3,000 moderators. Concerns include exposure to sexual content, sexual predation, political extremism, and financial exploitation, which have led to some countries banning the platform. We detect manipulative behaviors by perpetrators to exploit children, often through shared interests.

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Turkey would ban the platform in August 2024 citing concerns that the content on the platform enabled child abuse. During the same period, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Oman banned access to the platform in the sultanate after multiple reports of inappropriate content being distributed by Roblox to minors. Authorities in the city of Surabaya also imposed local bans on Roblox in primary and secondary schools, citing multiple incidents where sexual predators had harassed minors through the platform, following requests from the local Ministry of Education.
Roblox developers are required to fill out a questionnaire which will determine the game’s maturity rating, ranging from “minimal” to “restricted”, which are only available to users who have verified they are at least 17 years old through government-issued ID. According to a 2022 report by The Weekend Australian, “dozens” of forums exist to show Roblox players how to make Nazi-inspired content without being banned, such as rearranging the colors of the Nazi flag and altering the Swastika. After Roblox requested the channel to take down the video, People Make Games released several more accusations towards Roblox, focused on an alleged lack of oversight of developers and a method for people to address developer abuse, leading to child developers being exploited for labor on third-party platforms. Some found that the platform made it very easy to purchase microtransactions, leading to numerous instances where children have spent large sums of money on the platform without parents’ knowledge.

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Among them was Anika Wells, who had described the platform as “disturbing” after seeing how children could easily bypass the platform’s security to access sexual content as well as experiences that promoted suicide and self-harm. Developers and players alike began revolting and demanding the platform to revert the update while also claiming that the system fails to tackle the flood of predators using the platform by having the system make it easier for them to target children. Chat on the platform is further limited to users in or near the specified age groups, with exceptions for “trusted connections”, and is disabled by default for players under 9 years old unless overridden by an age-verified parent. In August 2025, Roblox announced that social hangout games featuring private spaces, such as bedrooms or bathrooms, would only be accessible to users who have verified they are at least 17 years old through government-issued ID. On November 6, 2024, Roblox made an announcement to their developer forum that “social hangouts”, specifically experiences meant for socialization rather than playing games, and games that allowed for users to draw on 2D canvases would no longer be allowed for users under 13.

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Simon denied trying to upload any images of Hitler, but admitted that he had previously been banned when he was 15 on an account with an inappropriate name he claimed was created as a joke as well as likely having used slurs in-game around the same age. Individuals taking part in these games appear to overwhelmingly identify as part of vulnerable or marginalized demographics, namely those of queer or BIPOC communities. One prominent example is MeepCity, which was infamous for number of online daters inside the game and inappropriate clothing and actions found in the “party” feature. Violative users often signal their intent through veiled messages like “abc for girl” or “abc to control me”, after which others can accept through private chat. Because such games are quickly moderated, these communities often rely on Discord servers, a third-party chat app, to alert their members when a new sex game appears.

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In September 2025, Núcleo Jornalismo launched an investigation into Roblox content aimed at children in Brazil with the cubet support of academics and researchers from various universities in São Paulo. Users have been documented evading Roblox content and chat moderation to perform sexual content by taking activity offsite to other social media platforms, especially Discord. The European video game content rating system PEGI classifies the game as “parental guidance recommended”, while prior to September 2022 it classified the game as “suitable for 7 years and over”.

• Leading figures in gaming have started to openly acknowledge this responsibility.
• Learn more about our Positive Play Charter and how to report players.
• Alarmingly, more than half (52%) of women said they stopped playing games because of harassment or toxic communities.
• If you want to meet someone IRL that you’ve been talking to online, always let a friend, parent or guardian know.
• They also reimplemented “experience guidelines” as “content labels” that parents could use with parental controls settings to regulate the content their child was allowed to see.
• Statements like this are important – they set the tone from the top that toxic behavior is not welcome on major platforms.

She also requested that the game’s PG rating be reviewed again by the Australian Classification Board, where it was noted that the platform hosted games intended for adults. The system requires users to either upload an ID to verify their exact age or perform a facial scan via Persona to place a person into an estimated age group. On November 18, 2025, Roblox announced that all forms of in-game chat and experiences rated “18+” on the platform would be locked behind an age verification system. In October 2025, Roblox planned revenue changes in order to expand child safety and moderation which caused the stock of the company to fall by 15 percent, though the company stated they expect a rising third quarter capital after the changes are made.

Following the public backlash, senior Australian government officials called meetings with Roblox, where they indicated that if the company is unable to neutralize cases of child sexual abuse on its platform, it could face fines of A$49.5 million. In September, Roblox announced it will collaborate with International Age Rating Coalition to assign age ratings to individual games, complementing Roblox’s own ratings. Players linked with a trusted connection would have chat filters removed between each other, specifically in hopes that users would be less likely to leave Roblox for platforms they did not moderate, but could only be accessed after using an AI-based age verification system using facial recognition. They also reimplemented “experience guidelines” as “content labels” that parents could use with parental controls settings to regulate the content their child was allowed to see. On November 18, 2024, Roblox announced that they would be implementing new safety features for children under 13 set to take effect in the first quarter of 2025. Developers would also need to designate their games as meant for users under 13, otherwise their games would no longer be accessible to those users.
In 2024, Bloomberg Businessweek reported that, since 2018, at least 24 people had been arrested in the United States on charges of abducting or sexually abusing children they had groomed on Roblox. According to the company in 2020, the monthly player base included half of all American children under the age of 16. A December 2017 study found that children ages 5 to 9 primarily spend their time playing Roblox over all other activities when using a PC. Additionally, in 2025, social hangout games featuring private locations such as bedrooms and bathrooms were restricted to users aged 17 and above. Around 40% of Roblox players are under 13 years old, and Roblox Corporation stated in 2020 that half of all American children used the platform. Customize alert settings for peace of mind and full control over your child’s online gaming safety.

Every child is different, so consider their maturity and understanding of online safety when making this decision. How can I monitor my child’s messages in gaming chats? What are the most important parental control settings for safe online gaming? Without limits, gaming can become all-consuming, especially for children prone to hyper-focus. If your child uses voice chat, encourage them to play using speakers rather than headphones. Encourage your child to use unique, anonymous usernames and avoid using the same one across multiple platforms to prevent linking their identity across different services.
Ben Simon, known online by the pseudonym Ruben Sim, pushed for action against the Sonic Eclipse Online developer, publishing screenshots of his alleged child rape fantasies and sending a video compiling allegations to a Roblox employee. In a 2025 lawsuit by the state of Louisiana against Roblox, the state also alleged that Public Bathroom Simulator Vibe was a sexually explicit game. Rolling Stone profiled one 16-year-old girl who performed child prostitution as part of these games, who stated that she primarily did it for attention and secondarily for monetary gain via Robux. They found that there was a significant amount of sexual content involving minors simulating explicit acts on the platform in order to obtain Robux.
Hindenburg Research cited a similar game, Public Bathroom Simulator Vibe, as one of the reasons Roblox is an “X-rated pedophile hellscape”. He stated in July 2025 that Roblox could serve as an effective online dating platform and that it could help lonely people meet in real life. Roblox has rejected claims made by these organizations, alleging that they were highlighting rare instances and that their promotion only served to further an agenda of causing others to sell stock. The developer would later be sentenced to 15 years in prison for paying an Uber driver to drive a 15-year-old child from Indiana to his home state of New Jersey for sex. Although his account was terminated, he transferred the game to a friend’s account and continued to make money from the game.
The company’s actions were met with major backlash from many online communities who viewed Schlep’s actions as necessary for community policing. This has also prompted multiple Roblox-affiliated content creators of the Roblox Video Stars Program to leave the platform as protest. Roblox Corporation’s letter stated that the activities of Schlep and other vigilante streamers were a violation of the platform’s terms of service and created an unsafe environment for users. In August 2025, Roblox Corporation issued a cease-and-desist letter to Schlep, a YouTuber prominent for conducting sting operations against alleged online predators via the platform, which has resulted in multiple arrests.