- Alabama AG Steve Marshall, Nevada AG Aaron Ford, and West Virginia AG JB McCuskey each reached separate settlements with Roblox after raising concerns that the online gaming platform failed to implement adequate safeguards for minors.
- Each settlement requires Roblox to implement certain child-safety measures, including age verification or age assurance before chat access, tighter limits on adult-to-minor communications, safer default content settings for younger or unverified users, and additional support for state and local law enforcement. Alabama and Nevada also expanded parental controls and mandated that communications involving minors not be encrypted.
- On monetary relief, Roblox agreed to pay Alabama $12.2 million to fund school resource officers through the AG’s Safe School Initiative. Nevada’s settlement includes $10 million for youth-focused programs, plus $1 million for an awareness campaign and $1.5 million for a law-enforcement liaison. According to West Virginia’s press release, Roblox’s $11.08 million settlement will fund workshops, a public-safety campaign, and a state-based internet safety specialist.
- These Roblox settlements build on a broader wave of AG scrutiny of the platform, including previously reported actions brought by Texas, Nebraska, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana.