Case guide
Report suspected abuse and keep the messages you have. Ask for help with safe records and your child’s legal options.
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Karen K. Caldwell · U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · Chair of the panel issuing the December 2025 transfer order
Finding: The panel’s December 2025 order grouped related Roblox abuse cases for common work before trial. It did not decide who was liable or set a child’s payment.
Roblox transfer order, December 12, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · Dec 12, 2025 · Checked Oct 3, 2026
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children · 2017
Read the source: The Online Enticement of Children: An In-Depth Analysis of CyberTipline Reports (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 3, 2026
The process
You answer a few questions
About two minutes. Nothing is sent until you agree on the last step and press submit.
A lawyer looks at it
A lawyer at the firm reads your answers and checks them against the current case criteria.
The firm decides and gets in touch
If the firm takes your case, you get the terms in writing to read before you sign. You can always say no.
Report suspected child abuse to NCMEC’s tip line. For image threats, block the suspect. Keep the profile and messages.
Take your child’s concern seriously and ask for help. For image threats, do not send more material to satisfy the person making the threat. NCMEC offers support and reporting guidance; a report may be referred to law enforcement for possible investigation.
Keep track of where contact began and where it moved. The Roblox order describes claims that contact moved to other apps, texts or calls.
Make a timeline using the account names and dates you already have. Ask investigators how to preserve devices and messages. Do not guess who owned an account. Keep the known username separate from any name the person claimed to have.
Keep messages and report replies you already have. Do not get or share sexual images of children to collect more proof.
NCMEC’s Take It Down service works from files already on your device. It does not require uploading the image, and it is limited to participating public or unencrypted platforms. Ask NCMEC about other help when that service does not fit.
NCMEC’s report describes tactics seen in online abuse reports. It does not measure how often Roblox users are harmed.
Its selected 2015 reports concerned strictly online enticement; known meetings and sextortion were excluded. The report describes relationship-building and image requests. Use that context to ask questions, not to assign blame to your child or assume what happened in your case.
A civil claim can ask for money or a court order. The December 2025 order grouped cases for work before trial; it did not decide fault.
A report to NCMEC and a claim for civil relief serve different purposes. Ask a lawyer which facts and defendants fit your child’s circumstances. The county’s enforcement announcement seeks changes in conduct and penalties; it does not set a payment for each family.
Ask how names and records will be handled before sharing them. Other parties may still need to see some private details.
The February 2026 privacy document describes use of substitute names but retains a proposed heading and blank signature date. Ask for the entered order and later changes that govern your case. Do not assume a public website form or a lawsuit guarantees anonymity.
Ask who pays for records and legal work in your child’s claim. Get the fee and expense terms before agreeing.
Keep the firm’s terms separate from any reporting guidance from NCMEC. Ask about fees if the claim succeeds and expenses if it loses. Check who will handle sensitive records, which firm will act for your child and what work the agreement covers.
Keep the contact and report dates you know. Ask a lawyer which time limits apply to your child’s circumstances.
Mark the first known contact, later messages and reports without guessing missing dates. Ask what records should be preserved next and whether the lawyer has agreed to represent the child. Reporting suspected abuse is not the same step as filing a civil claim.
The review is free and private. Asking for it doesn’t commit you to anything.
Register your interestPredatory contact on Roblox is far more common than the company publicly acknowledges. The Hindenburg Research report documented specific instances of predators using the platform to solicit children, and congressional testimony from former moderators described an overwhelming volume of predator-related reports. Law enforcement agencies across the country have prosecuted cases where Roblox was the initial contact point between predators and child victims.
Preserve messages and report through the platform's safety feature and NCMEC CyberTipline. NCMEC says not to delete profiles or messages because they can help stop blackmailers. Ask trusted adults, law enforcement, and a child's clinician about safety and support. Do not forward illegal images or alter files.
Source: NCMEC guidance on sextortion · as of Oct 7, 2026
It depends. Section 230 can limit some claims that treat an online service as the publisher or speaker of information provided by another content provider. It does not answer every platform-safety theory, so a lawyer should compare the allegations with current law.
Source: 47 U.S.C. 230 · as of Oct 7, 2026
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