LITTLE ROCK, AR — (BrooklandNews.com) — Jun. 22, 2026 — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has filed a lawsuit against Roblox Corporation and Discord Inc., claiming both platforms knowingly enabled child predators through intentional design choices and misleading safety claims.
Griffin describes the two platforms as working in tandem to facilitate abuse. The complaint alleges that Roblox functions as an entry point where predators establish false identities and gain children’s trust, then Discord becomes the vehicle for escalating exploitation—including demands for explicit images, extortion, and coordination of real-world assaults.
The gaming platform Roblox attracts roughly 144 million users daily, with an estimated 40% of its player base under age 13. Parents have been told repeatedly that the site is the safest children’s gaming platform available. Griffin’s lawsuit counters that claim, alleging the company possessed age-verification technology but chose not to deploy it. The suit further argues that Roblox suppressed safety measures that would have reduced user engagement and revenue, even when employees warned about grooming risks.
The numbers in Roblox’s own reports to federal child protection authorities show the scope of the problem. Reported exploitation cases numbered 675 in 2019, then exploded to over 13,000 by 2023, which is a twenty-fold increase that alleged safety investments did nothing to reverse.
Discord operates differently but with similar results, according to the lawsuit. The platform’s safety features put control in children’s hands rather than parents, meaning a child can disable monitoring with a single tap. Default settings allow unknown adults to send content directly to minors. And the company made strong safety promises it knew were untrue, the suit claims.
Griffin claims these weren’t accidents, but that the companies engineered systems that made children vulnerable because vulnerability drove profits.
Both platforms have become intertwined in practice. Roblox allows external links to Discord servers on game pages and in user profiles. Discord lets players link their Roblox accounts directly. This integration, the lawsuit argues, was deliberate and a feature the companies knew would funnel children from one platform to the other.
Roblox has rolled out new protective measures in the past two years, including parental controls and messaging restrictions for younger users. In early 2026, the company introduced facial recognition technology that scans a user’s face to verify age before allowing chat access. However, Griffin’s suit raises the question: if these protections were necessary, why did they take so long to implement?
The lawsuit invokes state consumer protection laws and common law damages. Griffin is seeking court orders to force changes, financial compensation, and recovery of profits the companies earned from harm to Arkansas residents.
This is part of a larger campaign by Arkansas leadership. Earlier this year, Griffin filed separate suits against Meta and TikTok under similar theories, that the companies prioritized growth and advertising revenue over child wellbeing and lied to parents about safety.
Child safety experts recommend regular conversations with children about online interactions, monitoring account activity and friends lists, and watching for sudden behavioral changes. Any child under 13 should have limited unsupervised access to chat and gaming features on any platform. If a child reports contact from an adult online, document the interaction and report it to the platform and local law enforcement.