Hunter
12/17/25
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed a lawsuit against the popular online gaming platform Roblox, saying the company puts children in danger of sexual exploitation.
A release from Bird’s office says that the company has over 80 million daily users, many of whom are children under the age of 18. Roblox is accused of taking insufficient action to address problems with sexual exploitation and stop the distribution of child sex abuse material on the platform.
Iowa Capital Dispatch reports in the petition filed Tuesday, Bird wrote Roblox had promised parents the platform was safe for children and equipped with safety measures “while knowing that the platform lacked necessary guardrails and facilitated the sexual exploitation of teen and preteen children and the distribution of child sexual abuse material.”
There are several lawsuits filed against the Roblox Corporation alleging the company has facilitated child sex crimes. One of the lawsuits was filed by an Iowa family, who claims their 13-year-old daughter was found in Tennessee after being taken from her grandmother’s house and sexually abused by a person she met in a Roblox chat room.
The lawsuit is seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction to enjoin Roblox from engaging in “deceptive and unfair acts” by either banning them from doing business in Iowa or requiring the company places “additional safeguards and child protection requirements on the Roblox platform.” The lawsuit also seeks injunctive relief, as well as reimbursement and other costs related to the allegations under the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act.
Roblox Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman said in a statement the newly filed lawsuit “contains patently false claims about our platform,” saying Roblox has taken many steps to protect minors from sexual exploitation.
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