West Virginia reaches $11M settlement with Roblox over child safety

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced an $11M settlement with Roblox (RBLX). As part of the agreement, Roblox “will fundamentally overhaul how it protects children — including mandatory age verification, restricted adult-to-child chat, default safe-content settings for all users under 16 and safety training for West Virginia families and law enforcement,” the AG said in a statement. The state’s investigation found that Roblox’s “historical safety design allowed child users to be exposed to sexual predators, grooming, and sexual and violent content, putting every child on the platform at risk.”