Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together and love the app, but other parents are sounding an alarm, saying it has become a hotspot for child predators.

“In the last year we have filed about 15 cases across the country in federal and state court, where a child has been identified, targeted and groomed on the Roblox platform,” attorney Alexandra Walsh said.

Walsh said her clients’ kids have either been sexually exploited or even physically assaulted, like a girl in Galveston.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Roblox in early November for “flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about

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