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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – Roblox, a popular online gaming platform, was issued a subpoena Wednesday about reports that Florida Attorney General James Esmiere could be exposing children to harmful and graphic material.
Ag Uthmeier requests information about Roblox’s marketing for children. These are the requirements for ageing and ways to ease chat rooms. He also requests documentation related to how children’s data is collected and processed.
The Attorney General has expressed concern about the ability of predatory adults to send messages freely to minors, as much of the platform’s content is being created by users. In 2024, Roblox had over 85 million active users per day, with 40% of those users under the age of 13.
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“As a father and attorney general, child safety and protection is our number one priority,” Ag Uthmeier said. “There are reports of reports of this popular gaming platform among children being exposed to harmful content and bad actors. We are issuing subpoenas to roblox to clarify how the platform markets to children and to see the policies it implements to avoid interaction with predators.”
The subpoena requires that documents be handed over to roblox, including but not limited to those that show the time spent on the platform that has been broken down into platforms for all users under the age of 16, including the demographics of young customers or youngest and steps to ensure that children are not exposed to mature content on the platform.
The complete Subpoena Details 27 Documentation must be handed over by the platform from January 2021 to the present. The company will need to leave it in the hands of the Attorney General until May 16th.
