“Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Roblox Corporation, a multi-billion-dollar company that operates one of the largest online gaming sites for children, for flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform.”
STATUSA lawsuit filed in court. These are allegations, not a ruling.
Attorney General of Texas · 2025-11-07
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ABOUIT · ROBLOX2/10
In 5 seconds
Roblox
Texas sued Roblox over child safety
Can ask for your microphone, contacts, screenshot detection
8 kinds of data linked to you
Why: see what they tell their investors
ABOUIT · ROBLOX3/10
Inside the app
3
things about you and around you the app can ask the phone for
microphone👥contacts📸screenshot detection
WHAT IT MEANSThe app's own file lists these. Your phone asks you before the sensitive ones.
WHAT YOU CAN DOPhone settings → Apps → permissions: switch off what it does not need.
WHAT IT MEANSTied to your identity, not anonymous. The company filled in this label itself.
WHAT YOU CAN DOIn the EU and UK you can ask for a copy of your data.
App Store label, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · ROBLOX5/10
Why · follow the money
Followthemoney.
“We generate substantially all of our revenue through the sale of or access to virtual items to users, enabling them to enhance their experience on the Roblox Platform.”
WHAT IT MEANSWhere the money comes from, in the company's own words.
Roblox Corp · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-02-11
ABOUIT · ROBLOX6/10
Why · what they tell investors
Theirincomedependsonyourtime.
“If we fail to retain users or add new users, or if our users decrease their level of engagement with our Platform, our revenue, bookings, and operating results will be harmed.”
WHAT IT MEANSIn plain words: when people use it less, the company says its results suffer.
Roblox Corp · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-02-11
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ABOUIT · ROBLOX7/10
Follow the money · who owns it
58.8%
of the votes: David Baszucki
💼FMR LLC 3.1%💼BlackRock, Inc. 2.2%
ABOUIT'S READINGOne person has the final say. Users have no vote.
Roblox Corp · proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) filed with the US SEC on 2026-04-16
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ABOUIT · ROBLOX8/10
Follow the money · lobbying
€200K+
a year on lobbying the EU, as the company declares
WHERE IT COMES FROMRoblox Corporation declares spending between €200,000 and €299,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Feb 2024 to Jan 2025). The company's own figure, not audited.
EU Transparency Register · entry 498852846811-94 · last updated by the company on 2026-03-26
ABOUIT · ROBLOX9/10
Follow the money · what the bosses are paid for
Theirpayistiedto:bookings+profit(adjustedEBITDA).
“In March 2024, the LDCC granted PSUs with a measurement period running from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025, with performance based 80% on cumulative bookings and 20% based on cumulative Covenant Adjusted EBITDA .”
ABOUIT'S READINGThe bosses earn more when the company earns more.
Roblox Corp · proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) filed with the US SEC on 2026-04-16
ABOUIT · ROBLOX10/10
The end
That's all.
NO FEEDNo endless feed here. You have seen everything we hold on this app.
"If you’re under 13 years old, your access to certain features will be restricted in the interest of protecting your Personal Information."
Their words, not yet tested. privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2024-01-29
ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTIONS
"Dispute Resolution (Between User and Roblox); Arbitration Agreement; Class Action Waiver."
Their words, not yet tested. terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2023-12-22
SHARED WITH OR SOLD TO
"We may share your information, including Personal Information, with other companies (known as third-party agents, contractors, or service providers)."
Their words, not yet tested. privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2024-01-29
Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.
No receipt about Roblox yet. read — nothing found yet First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 · privacy policy read from the Internet Archive capture of 2024-01-29 · terms of use read from the Internet Archive capture of 2023-12-22
Re-reading its policies and checking the Internet Archive for new versions.
Area by area
Read the details
What we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.
How Roblox's own help pages say you can reach a person, quoted as written on the date given. We did not contact them. Not tested by us; not a score.
Cancel article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page) Close-account article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)
What the stores and its help centre say
The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.
Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Cancelling, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Closing the account, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Inside the Android app
What an independent analysis of the published app file lists for Roblox (Android version 2.746.1266, report of 2026-11-09). A permission says what the app can ask the phone for, not what it does with it. A newer version may differ.
3 tracker SDKs: AppsFlyer · Backtrace · Google Firebase Analytics
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS · 2025-11-07 · ABOUT ROBLOX
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Roblox for Putting Pixel Pedophiles and Profits Over the Safety of Texas Children
“Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Roblox Corporation, a multi-billion-dollar company that operates one of the largest online gaming sites for children, for flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform.”
Status: A lawsuit filed in court. These are allegations, not a ruling.
Sentences copied word for word from the latest annual report of the company behind Roblox. Companies must tell investors what their business depends on.
“We generate substantially all of our revenue through the sale of or access to virtual items to users, enabling them to enhance their experience on the Roblox Platform.”
Where the money comes from, in the company's own words.
Roblox Corp · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-02-11 · source · SHA-256 8f8bd3685e34…
“If we fail to retain users or add new users, or if our users decrease their level of engagement with our Platform, our revenue, bookings, and operating results will be harmed.”
In plain words: when people use it less, the company says its results suffer.
Roblox Corp · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-02-11 · source · SHA-256 8f8bd3685e34…
“In March 2024, the LDCC granted PSUs with a measurement period running from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025, with performance based 80% on cumulative bookings and 20% based on cumulative Covenant Adjusted EBITDA .”
The bosses earn more when the company earns more.
Roblox Corp · proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) filed with the US SEC on 2026-04-16 · source · SHA-256 17f9373931d4…
Lobbying: what the company declares
EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER · 2026-03-26 · THE MAKER OF ROBLOX
Roblox Corporation declares spending between €200,000 and €299,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Feb 2024 to Jan 2025).
People it declares working on this, in full-time equivalents: 1.
What kind of figure: This is the company's own declaration. The register does not audit it, and it covers everything the company does, not this app alone. EU only.
US LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT · 2026-10-19 · THE MAKER OF ROBLOX
ROBLOX CORPORATION reports spending $160,000 in three months on lobbying the US government (Jul 2026 to Sep 2026).
What kind of figure: This is the company's own quarterly report under US law. It covers everything the company does, not this app alone, and only what the law counts as lobbying.
Whole sentences copied exactly from Roblox's own documents, grouped by subject. Their words, not yet tested: this is quotation, not a finding, and no jury has looked at it. Each sentence links to the archived copy it came from.
MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"If you make or play games in Roblox experiences, this Privacy Policy is for you, whatever your age and wherever you live."
"For example, we may continue to process and retain Personal Information regardless of your request to delete, object, block or anonymize it, to comply with legal, contractual and/or regulatory obligations, and to protect and exercise rights, including in judicial, administrative and arbitration proceedings, and as otherwise required by law."
"If you receive a gift card provided by a third party provider, certain contact information may be shared with the provider and used in accordance with this Policy and the terms listed on the provider’s website."
"We may share your information, including Personal Information, with other companies (known as third-party agents, contractors, or service providers)."
"We retain records of technical support questions for a limited time for internal use only, such as to answer additional questions about your account."
"In this Privacy Policy, we’ll also tell you when and how we use your information about you – including how we collect, record, organize, store and share it."
We could not read Roblox's privacy policy on 2026-11-12: the site denied access to our reader, and we never get around a refusal. Not tested. The page we tried
We could not read Roblox's terms of use on 2026-11-12: the site denied access to our reader, and we never get around a refusal. Not tested. The page we tried
Not being able to read a page is not a finding about it.
What changed in its policies
ROBLOX · TERMS OF USE
US version
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2023-10-23"If, in connection with a Dispute , Roblox returns Robux to a User (or another Creator ) for any UGC for which a Creator received Robux , Roblox reserves the right to deduct or withhold an equivalent amount of Robux from such Creator ."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2023-12-10"If, in connection with a Dispute , Roblox returns Robux or real money to a User (or another Creator ) for any UGC for which a Creator received Robux , Roblox reserves the right to deduct or withhold an equivalent amount of Robux from such Creator ."
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2023-10-23"When a Creator receives Robux from a User for the sale of UGC through the Services , the transaction is between the Creator and the User ; Roblox only facilitates by providing the Services ."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2023-12-10"When a Creator receives Robux in connection with the sale of UGC to a User through the Services , the transaction is between the Creator and the User ; Roblox only facilitates by providing the Services ."
Texas sued Roblox over child safety
Can ask for your microphone, contacts, screenshot detection
8 kinds of data linked to you
Why: see what they tell their investors
