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Kentucky Attorney General says Roblox, other platforms put children at risk and that he has sued Character AI
Summary
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman warned that content and weak age-gating on Roblox and other platforms expose children to grooming and violent material; he said his office sued Character AI and framed the action as part of enforcing platform safety.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman told program hosts that social platforms, including Roblox, are "ubiquitous in our homes" and host content he called harmful to children, including simulated attacks and other material he said children "don't unsee."
Coleman said two problems are especially dangerous: the content hosted on platforms and weak age-gating that allows younger children to access older users. "Part of it is the content... Part of it is there's no what's known as age gating," he said.
Coleman also said his office filed a lawsuit against Character AI, describing Kentucky as the first state to bring that suit. "I also filed suit against Character AI. We're the 1st state in the nation to do that a few weeks ago," he said in the interview.
He described the online risk as two-pronged: platform-hosted content that normalizes violent scenarios and users who exploit in-platform interactions to move children to encrypted secondary platforms where predators arrange in-person meetings. "Some of these kids we've been able to find that have been they're going to other states to meet these offenders," he said.
Coleman framed the effort as part of broader enforcement: he likened the social-media threat to the opioid fight of previous years and said states must "make sure that the AI platforms are doing what they say they are in terms of safety."
