Nebraska becomes the latest to sue Roblox alleging child safety failures

Nebraska becomes the latest to sue Roblox alleging child safety failures Multiple state attorneys general and families accuse the popular gaming platform of enabling adult predators to groom children. Sexual predators have “repeatedly used Roblox to groom and eventually abduct and sexually assault children," Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers wrote in his lawsuit against the gaming platform. Gabby Jones / Bloomberg via Getty Images Share Add NBC News to Google March 4, 2026, 6:41 PM EST By Angela Yang Listen to this article with a free account 00:00 00:00 Nebraska became the latest state to sue Roblox on Wednesday, alleging that the popular gaming platform exploits children and misrepresents its safety practices. The complaint, one of many similar lawsuits filed by at least six other states, accuses the company of allowing direct contact between minors and adult predators, as well as sexually explicit, violent and otherwise age‑inappropriate content. Since it launched in 2006, Roblox has evolved into a sprawling social gaming ecosystem with a vast catalog of virtual user-made “experiences,” most of which include real-time messaging. The platform reports having more than 151 million daily active users , and it described itself in its latest shareholder letter as “the largest dedicated gaming platform for users aged 13 and under.” Nebraska’s lawsuit, which Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed in Adams District Court, says sexual predators have “repeatedly used Roblox to groom and eventually abduct and sexually assault children.” “For years, Roblox has known that it has a pedophile problem,” the lawsuit says. “It built an extremely popular interactive gaming and social media platform by doing what other social media companies would not: marketing to and accepting pre-teenage users. As a result, Roblox became, in its own words, the ‘#1 gaming site for kids and teens.’” Here’s what else to know about the growing concerns surrounding Roblox. What Roblox has said about ...