ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – An investigation into child sexual abuse on Roblox has been launched.
In a letter to Roblox Founder, President, CEO, and Chair of the Board of Directors, David Baszucki, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wrote that the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism had opened an investigation into Roblox.
In the letter, the senators called attention to explicit content on the platform and its connection to real-world child abuse.
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“You trumpet Roblox as a safe digital playground for children as young as five. But the public record raises serious questions about this promise of safety,” the letter read. “Over the past decade, police have arrested numerous individuals for committing serious acts of violence and harm against children they met via Roblox, including grooming, sexual abuse, kidnapping, rape, and even murder. Roblox is being used to trade child sexual abuse material, participate in sexually explicit (and often violent) virtual ‘experiences’ with children, bribe and extort children into producing explicit content, and lure children into in-person meetings.”
The letter claims that in 2025, Roblox reported 65,381 instances of suspected child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
The senators wrote that “Roblox appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children.”
The letter also told Roblox to preserve all records in connection with child safety, child sexual or physical abuse, child bullying or child financial exploitation.
Read the full letter here.
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