Recent investigations have revealed frightening safety failures on Roblox. Adults are chatting with 5-year-olds, inviting them into private locked rooms, and asking for their Snapchat details to continue grooming them on another platform. Children are accessing games simulating sex acts, Nazi content, and school shootings – all rated as "mild" or appropriate for kids.

In 2023 alone, Roblox reported 13,316 instances of child exploitation and over 1,300 law enforcement requests. In 2024, the platform had more than 85 million daily active users, an estimated 40% of whom are under 13, posing a specific threat to young users. One investigation found that 10% of teen girls received unwanted sexually explicit content while gaming.

Yet Roblox refuses to implement basic protections because, as one employee admitted: "limiting user engagement hurts our metrics." Even as CEO David Baszucki tells Congress that "safety has been our top priority," his platform still allows anyone to pose as a child by simply typing a fake birthdate.

Roblox also manipulates children into gambling-like spending through loot boxes, mystery eggs, and constant pressure to buy virtual currency. The platform explicitly tells developers to "optimize monetization" above all else, including child safety.

Tell Roblox to keep their word and embrace safety by design: default all children under 13 to maximum privacy settings, remove features that enable adult-child contact, eliminate manipulative monetization, and limit kids under 18 from accessing inappropriate content.