Published September 25, 2026
Tennessee's lawsuit accusing Roblox of misleading families about how safe its platform is for children will move forward. The Chancery Court of Williamson County denied Roblox Corporation's motion to dismiss the case, the Tennessee Attorney General's Office announced on September 22, 2026.
The state filed suit in December 2025 under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. Its core allegation is that Roblox made specific, concrete safety representations to parents and children — for example, that uploaded images, video, and audio were reviewed before going live, that moderators watched the platform around the clock, and that harmful content was taken down within minutes — and that the company kept making those claims despite evidence the platform was not safe for young users.
Roblox argued that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — the federal law that generally shields online platforms from liability for content their users post — and the First Amendment barred the state's claims. It also argued Tennessee hadn't pleaded enough facts. According to the Attorney General's announcement, the court rejected each of these arguments, reasoning that the suit is about what Roblox itself said regarding its own safety features, not about third-party content, and that the complaint was detailed enough to proceed under the state's consumer protection law.
That distinction — between a platform's own statements and the content its users create — is becoming a recurring theme in child-safety litigation against online platforms. The ruling also follows other recent court setbacks for Roblox, including a Los Angeles judge's September 1 decision refusing to toss LA County's lawsuit.
The ruling is not a finding that Roblox actually deceived anyone; it only means the state's claims survive the pleading stage and the case continues toward discovery and, potentially, trial. Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said the state would keep pursuing accountability for Tennessee families.
Tennessee's case is one of several brought by state attorneys general, alongside private lawsuits coordinated in a federal MDL in the Northern District of California, a recent Ninth Circuit arbitration ruling, and a bipartisan U.S. Senate inquiry into the company's child-safety practices.
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