Overview
- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee opened a bipartisan investigation in a letter to CEO David Baszucki, which was sent on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, and directed Roblox to preserve records and produce documents by Aug. 31, 2026.
- The committee demanded nearly 30 categories of records, including revenue and usage by age bracket, how many abuse reports were reviewed by humans, ban and investigation rates, parental-oversight uptake, trust-and-safety spending, and organizational charts back to 2016.
- Lawmakers cited sharp increases in reported harm as a central concern, noting that Roblox reported 65,381 suspected instances of child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in 2025 and that police have made numerous arrests tied to contacts made on the platform over the past decade.
- Roblox’s chief safety officer, Matt Kaufman, has defended the company’s safety work and said Roblox will cooperate and provide the requested information while pointing to recent product and moderation changes aimed at protecting young users.
- The probe adds federal scrutiny to existing state lawsuits and international worry, creating reputational, legal, and regulatory risk for Roblox and raising the prospect of hearings, depositions, referrals, or new rules that could change how user‑generated platforms moderate children’s spaces.