Nebraska AG to share newest authorized motion to guard children on-line

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers introduced that the state is focusing on the net gaming platform Roblox in a lawsuit filed Wednesday out of Adams County.

Hilgers mentioned this lawsuit is an effort to guard kids on-line. He identified that Roblox can hurt kids because it usually feeds them inappropriate content material, it doesn’t have an age verification system and it permits customers to be nameless.

“One of the most important things that we do in this office is we protect kids,” Hilgers mentioned. “We protect kids from predators. We protect kids from online services that would do them harm, that would take advantage of them and that would exploit them. And Roblox is a company that either facilitates or does all of those things.”

Hilgers described the totally different digital roleplay video games customers can entry inside Roblox, together with inappropriate choices akin to visiting strip golf equipment, attending white supremacy rallies and extra.

Hilgers defined the choice behind submitting out of Adams County, pointing to a lawsuit filed by a resident in 2025. On Oct. 21, 2025, two law firms filed a lawsuit in Nebraska’s federal court docket district on behalf of a 27-year-old man who alleges he was groomed and later sexually abused by a Roblox person when he was a young person.

The swimsuit alleges Roblox knowingly did not implement primary security measures – like age-gating, stricter content material moderation, stronger identification verification and improved parental controls – to guard kids from on-line predators.

Hilgers additionally cited the Omaha man that was just lately arrested for allegedly kidnapping two ladies, whom he reportedly met on Roblox.

“It’s a national and an international playground for predators,” Hilgers mentioned. “This is no exaggeration. Every parent in Nebraska should be aware of the harms of Roblox.”

Last January, Hilgers, together with Gov. Jim Pillen and 4 state senators, launched new laws supposed to guard children on-line.

Roblox Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman supplied the next assertion concerning the lawsuit:

“While we share Attorney General Hilgers’ commitment to keeping kids and teens safe online, we are disappointed that he has filed a lawsuit that fundamentally misrepresents how Roblox works. Roblox is built with safety at its core, and we strengthen our protections every day. In our ongoing efforts to help keep our community safe, we prohibit user-to-user image and video sharing, utilize rigorous filters to block personal information from being shared and enforce global age-based settings that limit younger users to chatting with peers by default. We take swift action against anyone who violates our rules, and we work closely with law enforcement to support investigations and help hold bad actors accountable. When it comes to safety, there is no finish line, and while no system can be perfect, our commitment to protecting our platform never wavers.”

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