What Are the Roblox Lawsuits About?

On its way to becoming an insanely popular online gaming platform, especially among kids, Roblox has also been the subject of some alarming headlines related to the health and safety of its young users. In this article, we'll explain what's behind a recent wave of lawsuits and legal action against Roblox, including claims that:

• Roblox fails to protect its young users from sexual abuse and exploitation by online predators, and
• Roblox is specifically designed to addict users, and kids in particular are vulnerable to addiction-related health problems.

Why Are People Filing Roblox Lawsuits?

Roblox is a broad online platform (or "multiverse") on which users can play an almost endless variety of games, create and share games themselves, and interact with others.

Roblox has been around since 2006, but the platform's popularity has exploded in recent years, with as many as 150 million users on a given day, and more than one-third of those under the age of 13, according to The New York Times. And the harsh reality is that where kids gather online, so do online predators.

Much of the current legal action against Roblox Corporation is centered around its failure to protect young Roblox users from sexual abuse and exploitation. The other big litigation angle is the addictive nature of the platform, including allegations that Roblox is basically a defective product that hooks and harms its users. Let's look closer at both of these kinds of cases.

Roblox Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Lawsuits

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed seeking to hold Roblox Corporation liable for failing to protect young users from abuse and exploitation by adult online predators. Specifically, these lawsuits include allegations that:

• Roblox has inadequate safeguards in place to prevent adult users from interacting with minors
• parents have been misled about the safety of the platform
• adult online predators are posing as minors on the Roblox platform in order to develop relationships with and "groom" young users
• adult online predators are showing kids how to disable parental controls, and coercing them into moving their interaction from Roblox to other online platforms that have even fewer safety measures in place
• young Roblox users have suffered sexual harassment and bullying by adult users of the platform, and
• the company has been unacceptably slow to develop and release adequate age/user verification protocols and effective parental controls.

Roblox Addiction Lawsuits

Roblox Corporation is also facing allegations that its platform is purposefully designed to be as addictive as possible—through reward systems, ever-expanding content, and features that encourage constant engagement—and that young users suffer a wide variety of mental harm as a result of this "design defect."

The liability theory here is that:

• Roblox Corporation designed and rolled out Roblox in a way that was meant to encourage addictive behavior and compulsive use, especially by young users
• the company knew or should have known that the platform's design could encourge unhealthy overuse by children, and
• the company didn't do enough to reduce harm to young users, or at least adequately warn parents and kids about the risks of using Roblox.

A number of these lawsuits tie compulsive overuse of Roblox to a condition called "internet gaming disorder," which isn't officially recognized as a mental disorder, but can be found in a section of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) called "Conditions for Further Study."

Many of the same addiction-related legal arguments used in Roblox lawsuits have also come up in recent legal action over social media addiction and alleged links between AI chatbots and suicide.

Are States Taking Action Against Roblox?

Yes. Besides the lawsuits we've discussed so far (filed by individuals over specific harm), several states have taken steps to investigate and even penalize Roblox Corporation.

In April 2025, the Florida attorney general's office announced an investigation of Roblox, including a subpoena demanding details on how the platform verifies users' ages, and what's being done to moderate what happens in chat rooms. The case will also focus on how the platform markets to children, and how young users' data is collected and utilized. (See the Florida AG announcement on the Roblox investigation.)

In August 2025, the state of Louisiana sued Roblox Corporation for sexual exploitation of children, enabling the distribution of child pornography, failing to implement basic safety controls to protect child users from predators, and hiding the platform's dangers. Louisiana's attorney general even cited a recent report that "a group of 3,334 members openly traded child pornography and solicited sexual acts from minors" on the platform. (Check out the Louisiana AG press release on the Roblox lawsuit.)

In October 2025, the Kentucky attorney general's office sued Roblox for, among other allegations, creating a "playground for predators and international organizations with links to terrorist organizations to distribute child sexual abuse material, and acting as "a facilitator for predators to target and groom young victims online before escalating to real-world sexual violence." (See the Kentucky AG press release on the Roblox lawsuit.)

In November 2025, the Texas attorney general sued Roblox Corporation, accusing the company of exposing minor users to sexual exploitation —putting "pixel pedophiles and corporate profit" ahead of kids' safety. (Read the Texas AG press release on suing Roblox.)

Do Roblox Lawsuits Need to Go to Arbitration?

An "arbitration agreement" is part of the Roblox platform's terms of service, which all users agree to when signing up for an account. This clause (which almost no one actually reads before accepting the larger use agreement) says that the user agrees to submit any Roblox-related legal claims to arbitration, instead of going to court. The company has tried to use this agreement to force sexual abuse/exploitation lawsuits into the arbitration process, and out of the public eye. (Learn more about arbitration versus litigation.)

Can Roblox Corporation do this? Maybe not. In November 2025, a California judge turned back the company's attempts to move a father's Roblox sexual exploitation/grooming lawsuit out of state court and into the arbitration pipeline. But this is just one pre-trial ruling in one California case. The company is also trying to enforce the arbitration clause in response to other lawsuits, so stay tuned.

What Is Roblox Doing to Keep Kids Safe?

It may be too little too late for some families, but in recent months Roblox Corporation has taken a number of distinct steps to try to better protect young users (and to rehabilitate its public image).

In November 2025, the company announced that users would have to submit to a "face scan" that will allow a new AI-powered system to use "facial age estimation technology" to try to figure out the user's age. The platform's safeguards can then better engage and tailor the ensuing permissions and experiences accordingly.

Other recent attempts to do a better job of protecting young Roblox users, include:

• improved parental controls
• default direct message blocking for pre-teen users
• separation of users into age-based "bands," so that users can only communicate with others whose ages are within a few years of their own, and
• enhanced image review and text review filters to flag inappropriate communications between users.

Is There a Roblox Class Action Lawsuit?

There are several potential Roblox-related class actions in the works, most in the eary stages. Some of these center on the addictive nature of the platform, and the resulting mental harm suffered by young users.

Other potential Roblox-related class actions include those stemming from children's use of "Robux" (which is a form of digital currency used on Roblox), including links between Robux and gambling on third party websites. (Note that in 2023, one class action over this gambling issue was largely dismissed by a Caifornia court).

Class actions typically require that all affected claimants (members of the "class") have suffered similar injuries, in terms of type and severity. That's a big reason why we're unlikely to see a class action over the sexual abuse/sexual exploitation issue we've covered here, since there's a wide variety of impacts in those cases.

What Should I Do If I Think My Child Was Harmed on Roblox?

One of the most important things you can do is provide your unconditional support, without getting into any blame or judgments. If your child seems to be in immediate danger or in crisis, notify law enforcement or emergency medical services. Consider getting mental health support for your child, in non-emergency scenarios. You can also use Roblox's in-platform tools to report what happened.

Next, it's important to locate and secure any devices your child might have used to access Roblox and/or communicate outside of the platform. You'll need to make sure you preserve as much digital evidence as possible, including chat logs, user names, and other details that can be accessed later on. It might be a good idea to use your own phone to take pictures or video of any content or communications you find on another device, in case it gets deleted on the platform.

Do I Need a Lawyer for a Roblox Lawsuit?

In a word, yes. Roblox Corporation has the motivation and the resources to fight cases like these on every front, and they're bound to use every tactic—including stalling, burying you in paperwork and court filings, and intimidation—to get you to give up. An experienced personal injury lawyer won't back down, and will guide your case from one crucial stage to the next, all with your best interests in mind. If you're thinking of taking any kind of legal action over harm caused by Roblox, it's crucial to have the right lawyer on your side. Learn more about finding the right injury lawyer for you and your case.

A lawyer will also give you an objective evaluation of the merits of your case, including its potential holes and weak points. In fact, there's a chance you might not find a lawyer who's willing to take your Roblox case. One "no" probably shouldn't dissuade you, but if you discuss your situation with several lawyers and they all turn down the chance to take your case, it may be time to reevaluate things.