Georgia attorney general launches investigation into Roblox safety

Georgia Attorney General investigates Roblox safety

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has launched a formal investigation into Roblox to determine if the gaming platform violates the state’s Fair Business Practices Act. The probe focuses on whether the company's marketing as a "safe" space for children is deceptive given reports of grooming, kidnapping, and sexual exploitation. Carr has issued a Civil Investigative Demand for internal records on chat moderation, age verification, and all criminal activity reported by Georgia users.

ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has announced a formal investigation into Roblox, seeking to determine if the popular gaming platform is violating state consumer protection laws and exposing children to sexual exploitation.

What we know:

The investigation, launched under the state’s Fair Business Practices Act, follows a series of high-profile incidents involving Georgia minors. Earlier this year, Georgia State Patrol recovered two missing Florida girls after they communicated with a 19-year-old predator on the app. In a separate 2023 case, an adult posing as a child used the platform’s chat feature to coerce a 12-year-old boy into sending explicit images.

As part of the probe, Carr issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) requiring Roblox to produce documents regarding its age verification procedures, the efficacy of its parental controls, and its internal moderation capabilities. The state is also demanding reports of all criminal activity and safety violations reported by Georgia users.

The move is the latest in a series of digital safety initiatives from Carr’s office. Just last week, the Attorney General joined a bipartisan coalition urging Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act and successfully secured a conviction in a child trafficking case involving social media targeting.

The other side:

FOX 5 Atlanta received the following statement from Roblox Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman:

"We share Attorney General Carr’s commitment to helping keep children safe online. As a platform built with a young audience in mind, Roblox has a history of pioneering industry-leading safeguards designed to monitor for harmful content and proactively block the exchange of images and personal information in chat.

Our commitment to safety has no finish line. In early 2026, we completed the global rollout of mandatory Facial Age Estimation, making Roblox the first major platform to require age checks for all users to access chat features. We take swift action when we identify violations of our rules and work closely with law enforcement to hold bad actors accountable. While no system is perfect, we look forward to working with the Attorney General’s office to help keep kids safe online."

Roblox rolled out mandatory age checks in January 2026 and their parental controls enable parents to block specific games and/or users and set other limits. Roblox also has a law enforcement portal.