The multibillion-dollar video game development company Roblox Corporation has recently come under fire due to widespread complaints and incidents of child endangerment. In response, they have come forward with new safety measures to improve their platform.
Roblox is an online platform designed for programming and playing games. Roblox averaged 85.3 million daily active users in the fourth quarter of 2024, of which approximately 40% were under the age of 13, according to the official Roblox statistics.
On Aug. 14, 2025, the State of Louisiana filed a child protection lawsuit against Roblox, Louisiana v. Roblox Corp., for facilitating negative behaviors, exploiting children and knowingly failing to implement safety measures to protect them from predators. They cited the lack of security measures to verify that children were not exposed to predators or explicit material.
“You play games, and there’s a lot of children in there,” FHS junior Philip Yao said. “It’s not safe. Other platforms have the exact same problems.”
Additionally, there is a risk of exposure to inappropriate content for children. According to the lawsuit, there are many games that contain explicit material and activity which children should not be exposed to.
Roblox issued a response stating that they aim to create one of the safest online environments. They acknowledged that it is a challenge to keep users safe, yet made a promise to move forward with child safety measures. Roblox is additionally developing AI that assists in detecting child endangerment to intervene before any harm is done. Furthermore, they emphasized the resources and systems already in place, such as parental controls, that can help protect children. However, Roblox did not comment on pending litigation for the lawsuit due to their policies.
“So many people are saying Roblox is an evil company, but Roblox can’t do that much and it’s not really their fault,” said FHS sophomore Aiden Levin. “I’ve seen the AI they’re trying to create and implement, and it’s pretty good right now.”
Roblox has recently made plans to expand age estimation and add a layer of protection to provide users with appropriate content. Additionally, there are already systems in place to protect younger users, such as filtering or restricting voice and text chat. However, Roblox has faced criticism for the way they handle safety.
On Aug. 9, 2025, a YouTuber with over 2 million subscribers by the name of Schlep revealed in a video that he was sent a cease and desist letter by Roblox for making videos that exposed predators on the platform. The company stated that his actions were acts of vigilantism and went against the operations of the company. Roblox threatened legal action if Schlep continued his activities or continued to use Roblox. This sparked outrage from the community, prompting the hashtag “#freeschlep” to trend on X (formerly Twitter).
“[Roblox] said he’s doing things outside of the limits,” FHS senior Steven Escobar said. “But the thing is, he needs to in order to get them caught and sent to jail. [They say] they want to make Roblox safe for kids of all ages. That’s just proving the fact that they don’t want to do that.”
Following this incident, Roblox Corporation’s stock fell by 11% and it has since recovered. In addition to investor concerns, Roblox faced protests and backlash from their community and the larger world. Many content creators affiliated with Roblox left in protest and entire countries began to take action against it. Some countries, such as Qatar, even went as far as to completely block it. Additionally, U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna launched a petition in accordance with Schlep, urging Roblox to take further action protecting children.
Schlep later announced that he was planning to counter sue Roblox. On Sept. 1, 2025, YouTuber Law by Mike, who has over 15 million subscribers, announced that he would work with Schlep’s legal team to sue Roblox in a YouTube video that amassed millions of views.
On Sept. 5, 2025, Roblox CEO David Bazucki stated that he plans to add safety measures while taking feedback from Schlep into account in an interview with CNBC on the controversy. However, Schlep responded by calling his statement a public relations stunt. Additionally, his legal team commented that the statement was inappropriate due to Schlep’s previous attempts at communication being disregarded.
“My stance on the lawsuit is that Roblox needs to take action,” said Escobar. “David Bazucki needs to step down as CEO, and all of this needs to be fixed.”
