The attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old Nassau County boy after he was groomed by a predator on Roblox exposed “pervasive misrepresentations about safety” by the popular gaming app that create “a breeding ground for predators,

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has taken his critique of Roblox national, asking parents not to trust the gaming platform to protect their children.

The predator allegedly approached the 5-year-old and his brother and mentioned that he was the boy’s friend on Roblox, the complaint said.

A Cuyahoga County family has sued Roblox, the popular online gaming platform used by millions of children, alleging it failed to protect users from sexual predators and sexually explicit content.

Predators are using Roblox to find and groom children to generate abusive material of themselves, which is then used to blackmail the child.

The popular kids’ gaming platform has a history of making safety tweaks that sound good in a press release but fall short in practice. That’s why Kentucky has taken it to court.

An Oklahoma mother is suing the company behind the game Roblox, accusing it of putting children in danger and failing to stop predators.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Roblox on Thursday announced new safety measures that will require users to verify their age before accessing text or voice chat on the platform, a move the company says is aimed at better protecting its youngest players.

A 27-year-old federal credit union employee from Waipahu allegedly exploited underage girls into making child pornography using the gaming platform Roblox and chat application Discord.