Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against Roblox Corporation, accusing the gaming giant of failing to protect children and deceiving parents about safety. The complaint paints Roblox as a massive, largely unregulated space where predators can operate and where corporate profit is put ahead of basic safeguards for minors.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Roblox for Hosting ‘Digital Playground of Predators’

The filing lands in King County, Texas and zeroes in on how Roblox advertises itself versus what the lawsuit says happens behind the avatars. Paxton argues that state and federal online safety laws have been violated and that parents were misled about the real risks facing kids on the platform.

The suit notes that more than 80 million people log on to Roblox every day, and it stresses that a huge portion of that audience is under 13. Roblox may pitch creativity and community, but the complaint contends the reality is far darker: pervasive sexual content, grooming attempts, and exploitation aimed at children. That makes the platform a lucrative target for anyone willing to exploit weak moderation and broad access.

Texas alleges repeated incidents where children were exposed to explicit material and predatory behavior, and it blames Roblox’s business choices for allowing those harms. The complaint argues the company preferred features and profits that make adult access to young users easy, instead of building robust safety barriers. The result, Paxton’s office says, is a pattern of harm that demands accountability.

Attorney General Paxton framed the lawsuit in stark terms and called for a forceful legal response, saying, “We cannot allow platforms like Roblox to continue operating as digital playgrounds for predators where the well-being of our kids is sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed,” Attorney General Paxton said in a news release. “Roblox must do more to protect kids from sick and twisted freaks hiding behind a screen. Any corporation that enables child abuse will face the full and unrelenting force of the law.” This statement highlights why Texas views the case as urgent and nonnegotiable.

The lawsuit follows a string of actions by Paxton’s office targeting large social platforms and apps, arguing those services misrepresent safety to parents while failing to stop abuse. Texas has pursued other technology companies on similar grounds and framed this legal push as part of a broader effort to impose consumer protections and child-safety standards. In Paxton’s view, consistency in enforcement is necessary to change industry incentives.

There is also public activism and documentation tied to the case, including a petition titled Petition by scott.mcclallen that has circulated to raise awareness and pressure regulators and lawmakers. That grassroots interest underscores how many parents and advocates feel ignored or misled by platform safety claims, and it amplifies the legal arguments being made in court.

The heart of the complaint is blunt: Roblox is accused of operating as an unregulated digital playground saturated with sexual predators and sexual content. The filing alleges Roblox knew that tens of millions of users are younger than 13 yet failed to implement adequate protections to stop adults from posing as children and exploiting the platform’s chat and interaction tools. That alleged negligence is central to Texas’s claims.

“Texas does not tolerate deception,” the lawsuit said. “It does not tolerate the endangerment, abuse, and exploitation of its children. Therefore, the State of Texas brings this action to hold Roblox accountable, to obtain civil penalties, and to ensure that no Texas child is left unprotected inside a multibillion-dollar digital hellscape that preys on innocence under the banner of play.” The language in the complaint stresses both legal remedies and a moral duty to act.

The filing accuses Roblox of deceptive trade practices, saying the company promised parents safety while enabling the sexual exploitation of pre-teen and teen users. The suit describes a system where avatars and minimal age checks let adults misrepresent themselves easily and where moderation systems are outpaced by the volume and creativity of harmful behavior. Paxton’s office argues legal consequences are the only way to force meaningful change.

“As Defendant has long been aware, Roblox is the perfect environment for child predators, pornographers, scammers, fraudsters, online sex rings, and inappropriate content,” the lawsuit said. “It is an interactive gaming platform in which users—of all ages, from 4 years old or even younger to adults of all ages—can easily sign up and then navigate the universe in avatars, which provide absolute Users wander around in this unregulated universe, where children can chat with not just other children but adults who are disguised by avatars and can misrepresent their age and intentions.” That passage lays out the precise concerns Texas wants the court to address.

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