LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed a lawsuit against the gaming and social media platform Roblox, accusing the company of knowingly creating a playground for predators to distribute child sexual abuse material and groom child victims.
Coleman highlighted that nearly two-thirds of U.S. children ages 9 to 12 play games on Roblox.
“Public reports have shown Roblox has become an environment for predators and other bad actors, including with so-called ‘assassination simulators’ following the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk, as well as with extremist sextortion groups that have extorted, threatened, and even conspired to kill children as young as eight,” the Attorney General’s office said in a news release.
Coleman filed the lawsuit on Monday and will hold a news conference Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Frankfort to discuss the case publicly.
Roblox was valued at $41 billion when it went public in 2021.
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