The agreement with Nevada’s attorney general will require Roblox to have stronger safeguards to protect children online.
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Popular gaming platform Roblox agreed to pay more than $12 million and implement new safety features as part of a settlement with the state of Nevada. The settlement comes amid several lawsuits accusing the company of an alleged lack of protection of children on the platform.
The agreement resolves potential litigation over allegations that Roblox failed to adequately protect children while they played the game online, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said in a news release Wednesday.
As part of the deal, Roblox will spend $10 million over three years to encourage children to engage in non-digital activities, as well as implement age verification for all users. This will include “facial age estimation technology and a government-issued ID to ensure age, and will use behavioral monitoring to identify users who may have been incorrectly aged,” according to the press release.
“The injunction accepted by Roblox will give parents the tools they need to protect their children on the platform; establish default protections to prevent predators from interacting with children; and ensure that messages involving minors are not encrypted,” Ford said in the press release.
Roblox also committed to spending $1 million over two years on a campaign to educate minors and adults about online safety and another $1.5 million to develop a law enforcement liaison position to work with state law enforcement on concerns about the platform.
Matt Kaufman, Roblox’s chief security officer, said this was part of the company’s “work to set a new standard in digital security.”
“This resolution creates a model for how industry and regulators can work together to protect the next generation of digital citizens,” Kaufman said Thursday. “We don’t have a finish line when it comes to safety.”
Roblox is under significant legal pressure amid more than 140 lawsuits, according to Reuters. The lawsuits, filed in 2025, allege that the company knowingly created a gaming platform that allowed child predators to target minors.
The company also faces lawsuits from state attorneys general in Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and Florida on similar charges.
Age-based accounts coming soon
Two days before the settlement was announced, Roblox CEO and founder David Baszucki revealed new accounts for young Roblox users.
Roblox Kids will be available for children aged 5 to 8, and Roblox Select is for children aged 9 to 15. Roblox is used by almost half of American children under the age of 16. Children over 16 will be in their own age group, simply called “Roblox”.
Kids and Select accounts would be available in these age groups, determined by Roblox’s age verification technology or by a verified parent.
Unmonitored in-game chat has been a point of criticism for the platform, as it allows predators to chat with children. Child accounts will have chat disabled by default, with limited access to Minimal or Mild games, as determined by the platform. Some accounts will be able to chat with guarantees and access games with moderate content, described by the platforms as having “moderate violence, mild realistic gore, moderate crude humor, unplayable game content, and/or moderate fear.”
These new age-based accounts will be rolled out in early June.
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