Overview
- Alabama announced Tuesday a $12.2 million deal with Roblox, with the money going to fund school resource officers through the state’s Safe School Initiative.
- Roblox must verify every user’s age using facial age estimation and government ID checks under the settlement.
- The deal bars encryption on any communication involving minors so police can investigate grooming and exploitation more easily.
- Parents gain stronger controls over who children can chat with and which games they can access, with “trusted friend” rules and limits on Robux transfers from adults outside a child’s circle.
- With West Virginia’s and Nevada’s recent agreements, state settlements now total about $23 million as Roblox prepares age-based account tiers in June and continues to face consolidated family lawsuits in federal court.