A popular playground Roblox agreed to pay more than $12 million and implement new safety features as part of a settlement with the state of Nevada. The decision comes amid several lawsuits accusing the company of alleged lack of child protection on the platform.
The settlement resolves potential lawsuits alleging that Roblox failed to adequately protect children while playing the online game, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said in a press release Wednesday.
As part of the agreement, Roblox will spend $10 million over three years to encourage children to engage in non-digital activities, as well as establish age verification for all users. This will include “facial age estimation technology and government-issued ID to verify age, and will use behavioral monitoring to identify users who may be ageing incorrectly,” according to a press release.
“The exemptions granted to Roblox will give parents the tools they need to protect their children on the platform; establish automated safeguards to prevent abusers from interacting with children; and ensure that messages involving children are not written confidentially,” Ford said in a press release.
Roblox also committed to spending $1 million over two years on a campaign to educate children and adults about online safety and another $1.5 million to create a law enforcement liaison to work with state law enforcement agencies about concerns about the platform.
Roblox Chief Security Officer Matt Kaufman said it’s part of “the company’s mission to establish a new level of digital security.”
“This decision creates a blueprint 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 security.”
Roblox is under heavy legal pressure amid more than 140 lawsuits, according to Reuters. The suits, filed in 2025, allege the company intentionally created a playground that allowed child predators to target children.
The company also faces lawsuits from state attorneys general in Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and Florida over similar allegations.
Age based accounts coming soon
Two days before the payout announcement, Roblox CEO and founder David Baszucki revealed new accounts for young Roblox users.
Roblox Kids will be available to children between the ages of 5 and 8, while Roblox Select is for those aged 9 to 15. Roblox is reportedly used by nearly half of US children under the age of 16. Children over the age of 16 will be in their age group, called “Roblox.”
Child and Select accounts will be available for those age groups as determined by Roblox’s age verification technology or verified parent.
Unsupervised chat in the game has been a point of criticism for the platform, as it allows cannibals to chat with children. Child accounts will be automatically disabled from chat, with limited access to Small or Medium games as determined by the forum. Choose accounts that will have chat and protections and access games with Moderate content, defined by the platforms as having “moderate violence, obvious realistic blood, dirty humor, unplayable gambling content, and/or moderate horror.”
These new age-based accounts will be rolled out in early June.
