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Senate committee demands Roblox documents by August 31
Two U.S. senators are opening an investigation into child safety on Roblox. The company says it will provide the committee with the facts.
Republican Josh Hawley of Missouri and Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois sent a letter to Roblox on August 13, 2026, announcing an investigation by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism into child safety on the platform.
In the letter, Roblox is told to preserve data and hand over documents by August 31, 2026. The senators say children are being harmed on the platform and that Congress is not looking away.
What Roblox says
Chief safety officer Matt Kaufman responded in a statement from the company: "Roblox is built on a foundation of safety. We make no concessions on that promise. We look forward to sharing the facts about how we protect children on the platform."
According to reports, the investigation also covers reports of suspected sexual exploitation of children and the platform's safety practices. Those reports cite a figure of more than 65,000 reports in 2025, but that number has not been officially confirmed outside that reporting.
The next hard deadline is August 31, when the requested documents are due. What the committee makes public after that is still unknown.