Facing mounting pressure from lawmakers and a newly filed lawsuit by the state of Louisiana, Roblox recently issued a lengthy statement addressing what it calls “erroneous claims and misconceptions.” But reports suggest the Louisiana lawsuit is just the tip of what will eventually be a very large legal iceberg, as the platform faces rampant allegations that it has failed to protect the young people who make up the majority of its playerbase.
Roblox is a wildly popular game creation platform that hosts user-made games like Dress to Impress (which recently launched a collaboration with pop icon Lady Gaga), Grow a Garden, and Brookhaven. It sees tens of millions of daily active users (reported numbers vary between 82 and 111 million), and almost 40% of its playerbase is children under the age of 13. As such, it has faced intense scrutiny amid several reports (including a massive one published by Bloomberg last year) that allege the platform does not do enough to protect children.
On August 15, just days after California Congressman Ro Khanna said, "Roblox is simply not doing enough to protect our kids, to inform parents, and to go after child predators,” the state of Louisiana filed a lawsuit against the company. The lawsuit, which was brought in the 21st Judicial District of Louisiana, alleges that Roblox:
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