FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) - Tuesday, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced a lawsuit against the gaming and social media platform Roblox, calling it the “website of choice for child predators.”
The lawsuit accuses Roblox, which it says has 380 million monthly users, of creating a hunting ground for child predators and that since its launch, it has “knowingly permitted an online environment for exploitation, directly contributing to the widespread victimization of minor children” in the Commonwealth.
Roblox allows children as young as six to create an account and the lawsuit claims that nearly 66% of all children between the ages of nine and 12 in the United States play games on the platform.
“Our children are not safe on Roblox,” Coleman said in a statement. “Predators and cri