Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit against Roblox $RBLX on Thursday, accusing the gaming platform of placing corporate profit over child safety and deceiving parents about the risks children face on the platform.
Among the allegations in the 51-page complaint, filed in Cleveland County District Court, is that children as young as 5 have been able to register on the platform and send messages to strangers — with parents kept entirely in the dark, according to CBS News. Beyond that, the suit contends that loose registration controls have made it easy for adults to pose as children on the platform, with bad actors spanning the spectrum from lone offenders to coordinated abuse networks.
"Roblox marketed itself as a safe place for children but turned a blind eye as predators targeted and exploited minors on its platform," Drummond said in a statement. "It failed to implement adequate safeguards, failed to protect young users and failed to be honest with parents about the risks."
The lawsuit says Roblox employees were pressured not to make changes that might lower user engagement, even if those changes would have protected children. It accuses Roblox of violating the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act and asks for civil penalties, a permanent injunction, and other remedies.
Roblox reports that the platform draws more than 150 million daily active users, and the Oklahoma lawsuit cites company figures showing that as many as two-thirds of American children aged 9 to 12 hold accounts.
Roblox Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman pushed back on the claims. "We are disappointed that he has filed a lawsuit that both fundamentally misrepresents how Roblox works and fails to take into account the extensive, industry-leading proactive measures the company is taking to set a new standard in online safety," Kaufman said in a statement. Kaufman also noted that image and video sharing is prohibited in the platform's chat functions, and that the company relies on layered protections — including automated detection tools, human reviewers, and content filters — to block users from exposing personal details.
Oklahoma is one of at least nine states that have sued Roblox. According to CBS News, three other states have settled their disputes with the company.
Thursday's lawsuit follows earlier cases. In September 2025, an Oklahoma mother sued Roblox after her 12-year-old daughter was tricked by an adult pretending to be a peer into sending explicit material. In another case from April 2026, an Edmond, Oklahoma, resident was arrested for allegedly sending explicit content to minors. Authorities found that Roblox was one of the apps he used to contact victims in five states.
Roblox has been introducing age-based account tiers for users under 16 — Roblox Kids for ages 5 to 8 and Roblox Select for ages 9 to 15 — with a global rollout set for early June. The changes restrict access to games and communication features based on verified age. The company made age verification mandatory for chat access in January, a move that weighed on user growth and prompted Roblox to cut its full-year 2026 bookings forecast by about $900 million at the midpoint.
The company also accrued $57 million in the first quarter for settlements and settlement proposals with certain states over youth-related consumer protection and digital safety matters.