Roblox is a very widespread platform with over 280 million users in 2025. With Roblox having so many users, what makes Roblox so controversial, Roblox can be so fun at the same time, but there are a lot of things wrong with Roblox, It seems Roblox has been having a horrible time due to the controversy surrounding the schlep situation, its lack of concern for child safety, the departure of Star Creators, and David Baszucki’s desire to add dating features to a game primarily played by children.
Of course, adults can play Roblox; most of the Roblox YouTubers are adults, but when certain adults go on the game or play games where they are trying to find children to prey on. Most, but not all, people on Roblox are just trying to play the game and have fun with what you can do on Roblox, and are not trying to groom children. However, the latest controversies surrounding a Roblox player known as Schlep and his efforts to bust adults engaged in inappropriate communication and behavior with minors.
The primary reason Schlep started working to catch child predators on Roblox is that he was groomed at the age of 15 by someone older on Roblox. Schlep is now 22, and his efforts have resulted in six arrests of Roblox users accused of being child predators. One of the arrests was not going to end in prosecution, and two of them most likely headed towards a plea agreement.
Schlep mentioned that none of the alleged predators has yet to be convicted. Roblox found out that Schlep has been exposing child predators on their platform. Some would presume that Roblox would be grateful and thank Schelp for getting creeps off the platform. However, instead, Roblox terminated Schelps’ account for multiple reasons, including staged child endangerment, off-platform communication, and interfering with safety protocols.
Roblox said that Schlep’s “vigilante” methods interfered with its own moderation and reporting systems, and also shared personal information. Many users have expressed dismay at Roblox’s behavior toward Schelp, saying all of those things about him. Well, it’s because Roblox doesn’t want to look bad about having creeps on their platform. Roblox even mentioned a goal is to be “the safest and most civil online platform possible.” This is not going to happen if Roblox doesn’t care about child safety, as they claim to care so much about.
Child safety, online or in real life, is a very important thing that everyone should care about, but it seems no one cares about child safety. The basics of specifically online Child safety are to never share any of your personal information, don’t use your real name, don’t use your actual pictures for profile pictures, don’t meet strangers, which is very obvious, and no one is who they say they are unless you know them.
With most of the sting operations for child predators, the “child” is actually not a child, which is very good. But what if an actual child is in that kind of situation? Most people would think the child would tell a trusted adult.
However, there are many real victims under 16 who are preyed on by actual child predators. Sadly, this happens more than you’d like to think. According to ChildLight, about 300 million children globally are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse each year, which includes grooming. Of course, you can’t stop child predators from doing what they do best, which is some of the saddest things that people can do to children. The problem goes well beyond Roblox. It’s the little things big companies can do to keep children safe; they say they care, they say they want to do better, they say all of these things. But in the end, actions speak louder than words.
There is no way to tell where Roblox is heading. With the use of AI moderation tools, hackers can devise ways to evade detection, and users and game makers who attempt to abuse the system will always find ways to circumvent it.
Until Roblox starts prioritizing the safety of children by adding extra rules to the game, there will be ways to exploit the system and leave children vulnerable to child predators. And even if Roblox adds all these additional rules, it’ll most likely backfire on them. People just want to enjoy the game, and you can’t enjoy the game when there could be hackers, child predators, E daters, and just all these awful people who make Roblox unfun to play. Time will only tell what happens with Roblox, but hopefully, it won’t get worse.
