U.S. Senate investigates Roblox amid child safety and exploitation concerns
The U.S. Senate has opened an investigation into Roblox over concerns about child safety. The company faces accusations that the platform enables grooming, sexual abuse, kidnapping, rape, and murder, including trafficking of child sexual abuse material and extortion or bribery to produce explicit content. Roblox reported 65,381 suspected child exploitation cases in 2025, more than double 2024, and has been directed to preserve relevant records.
Coverage (5)
- LIST: What Roblox has done to safeguard child users (rappler.com)
- Australian authorities have mandated that Roblox enhance child safety on the platform (wnhub.io)
- Roblox has been put on notice yet again over child safety concerns. What do parents need to know? (theconversation.com)
- The U.S. Senate Is Investigating Roblox Over Child Safety (cartoonbrew.com)
- Roblox being investigated by U.S. Senate over child abuse fears (gamedeveloper.com)