Roblox is certainly one of the most played videogames nowdays, more so by teens and minors that just want to go around with friends or people online and play random events. However, due to the nature of the game and the demographic it's aimed towards, it has become a target for predators online.

There has been many cases of adults harassing minors by using Roblox as the medium, and it was due to this, that one X user in particular by the name of Schlep took it upon himself to make it his livelihood to stop these awful people and behaviours from occurring on a children's game, and to thwart and stop their illegal activities by hunting down and catching predators on his own, all of this of course, with the police and proper authorities support, with Schlep managing to bring to justice, complete with arrests, 6 predators up to this day according to his X profile bio.

Due to Schlep's actions to hunt down predators, Roblox took notice, sending a Cease & Desist letter to Schlep, alongside banning all of his accounts, terminating them entirely on August 9th, 2025:

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A Cease & Desists letter (C&D) is issued as a warning to a user, with the company usually demanding the user at hand to halt and stop all activities detailed in the letter. Failure to comply with the C&D letter can end up in the user receiving a lawsuit directly from the company.

Schlep let his followers know about the C&D letter he got from Roblox, and the posts was quickly gaining attention, with many users online dropping
Things After the C&D issue with Schlep was becoming more widespread, Roblox themselves released a statement through their social media accounts, explaining their decision to remove "vigilantes" from Roblox.

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The statement goes into detail about how to report users that could be seen as dangerous or engaging in dubious activities, but that's far from the issue, as the explanation for banning "vigilantes", as Roblox deems them, is that they usually impersonate other people (sometimes even minors) in order to lead plausible predators in an engagement of sexually explicit conversations, which goes against Roblox's Terms of Service.

However, the issue escalated even further, with government officials now taking notice of the whole situation. A few hours ago, US Congressman Ro Khanna issued a video statement saying that Roblox is not doing enough to protect children from online creators in their game. Ro Khanna is creating a petition to push Roblox to do more for their minor userbase and protect people using their game, with the petition's goal set to 1 million signature to sign up to this Friday:

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Schlep has been in contact with Congressman Ro Khanna, and Schlep, alongside user KreekCraft, have shared information and resources they have, with instances of failed policy's on Roblox end, according to KreekCraft.

The situation with Roblox and their issues with predators in their game is a growing issue day by day, and with the current state of affairs with Schlep and Ro Khanna, we can only hope that this will force Roblox to do more to properly address these illegal activities towards children happening within their own servers.

Save Roblox Petition
Schlep's X profile
Roblox Statement

 

[The Real Jdbye]

??????
I’m never following this roblox crap, I’m basically out of the loop. I’m just curious how does this Schelp guy determine someone a predator in a freaking roblox game

Judging by Roblox' statement, the same way Chris Hansen does. Chatting them up, baiting them, and then at some point presumably getting personal information out of them to hand over to the cops.
Roblox specifically mentioned moving to off platform chats and coercing people to give up PII as things he did that broke the terms. So you can kinda figure out his methods based on that.
No idea how the conversation starts though.. I'd figure he just joins condo games and waits for people to message him, since that's where the creeps are most likely to be at.

 

[YuseiFD]

Lmao people are missing the obvious reason why this happened, Roblox creators made a child haven for pedophiles, because hey ARE the pedos !

 

[Osha]

Lmao people are missing the obvious reason why this happened, Roblox creators made a child haven for pedophiles, because hey ARE the pedos !

No, several people pointed it out in this very thread, you just ignored everything and said that to feel enlightened for some reason.

 

[whitesword7]

If you have kids, I feel like its very important to make them stay as far away from online game as possible.

you guys remember the warning back then right? “online interactions not rated by the ESRB”

just let them play offline game like Kingdom Hearts or something

 

[raxadian]

Because payment processors are too busy working with anti-LGBTQ+ activists. Protecting the children has always been an excuse, one they never actually acted upon.

Yeah it takes government action to actually protect children and no age verification is not the way to do it.

 

[codezer0]

It was? From what?

Don't have the specific video url, but if you go to YouTube and search "Roblox oof sound" there's a video where even it's creator thought it should've been a simple thing, but ended up going into a DEEP rabbit hole of how Tommy Tallarico tried to get himself credited in as many games as possible and taking credit for other people's work on top of it.

By the end of it, it really feels like a "society would be better if Tommy Tallarico never existed" even when focusing on the simple answer would've never warranted an entire video.

 

[Hanafuda]

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Due to Schlep's actions to hunt down predators, Roblox took notice, sending a Cease & Desist letter to Schlep, alongside banning all of his accounts, terminating them entirely on August 9th, 2025:

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Someone at the legal department at Roblox realized that if this guy "catches" someone and publicly labels them as a predator and pedophile, and then it turns out that the accused is actually innocent but now their life has been destroyed by false allegations, that their company would be wide open to a lawsuit. Yes, the victim could sue the Schlep guy primarily, but he probably doesn't have much money. Roblox would be the natural deep pockets target.

 

[raxadian]

I mean the entire mobile market is kinda based around kid milking their parents' credit cards.

The thing is, parents can just block the cards, Roblox using child labour and exploits them for less that the minimum wage.

 

[Darth Meteos]

wtf
did they think commisioner loeb was the good guy in batman year one

Someone at the legal department at Roblox realized that if this guy "catches" someone and publicly labels them as a predator and pedophile, and then it turns out that the accused is actually innocent but now their life has been destroyed by false allegations, that their company would be wide open to a lawsuit. Yes, the victim could sue the Schlep guy primarily, but he probably doesn't have much money. Roblox would be the natural deep pockets target.

wow it's hanafuda arguing in favor of pedophiles
must be tuesday on gbatemp
wacky how it's always the same group of people

 

[YuseiFD]

No, several people pointed it out in this very thread, you just ignored everything and said that to feel enlightened for some reason.

Oh no, the good samaritans are tracking creepy adults who claim they're children while grooming other children, oh no no no, this must stop, right now, what? No the tracking thing it's illegal, the minor grooming can stay....

Ignored everything my arse, bro stop defending unethical practices, it was proven taht they did good, and they don't want their big spenders to stop spending lol

 

[SecureBoot]

tpax, xdarkx, and a_username_that_is_cool all made the point about Roblox creators being pedophiles. Your claim that "people are missing the point" is what Osha was refuting. Osha was not defending unethical practices; but merely pointing out that you claimed to have a unique perspective when you didn't. Hence, "ignored everything"

Oh no, the good samaritans are tracking creepy adults who claim they're children while grooming other children, oh no no no, this must stop, right now, what? No the tracking thing it's illegal, the minor grooming can stay....

Ignored everything my arse, bro stop defending unethical practices, it was proven taht they did good, and they don't want their big spenders to stop spending lol

 

[Jayro]

He should counter-sue, and become rich.

 

[YuseiFD]

tpax, xdarkx, and a_username_that_is_cool all made the point about Roblox creators being pedophiles. Your claim that "people are missing the point" is what Osha was refuting. Osha was not defending unethical practices; but merely pointing out that you claimed to have a unique perspective when you didn't. Hence, "ignored everything"

What you stated is literally ,hat i said, he hated the fact that they used roblox to invite pedos out of the game and catch them redhanded, he considered that against tos of his shitty game

 

[Osha]

Oh no, the good samaritans are tracking creepy adults who claim they're children while grooming other children, oh no no no, this must stop, right now, what? No the tracking thing it's illegal, the minor grooming can stay....

Ignored everything my arse, bro stop defending unethical practices, it was proven taht they did good, and they don't want their big spenders to stop spending lol

Are you okay ? Like, genuinely okay ? Because that goes beyond a lack of reading comprehension, you're actually chasing ghosts here.

 

[SecureBoot]

What you stated is literally ,hat i said, he hated the fact that they used roblox to invite pedos out of the game and catch them redhanded, he considered that against tos of his shitty game

This has gotta be bait

 

[Maximumbeans]

Funny, this website don't report on how woke garbage games are destroying companies and ip's that have been around for 20 years, but warn the pedos on the website about roblox

My guy really thought he did something here. You turned up after three years to post this? Go back to sleep dude.

 

[YuseiFD]

Are you okay ? Like, genuinely okay ? Because that goes beyond a lack of reading comprehension, you're actually chasing ghosts here.

This has gotta be bait

Eh it's no use with you two...such sad state of affairs.

 

[OM3GAZX]

Roblox banning "vigilantes" is like the Maverick Hunters fighting off Red Alert (which is a group of vigilantes).

Mega Man X7 reference in the big '25 is crazy

 

[YoureALoser]

No, several people pointed it out in this very thread, you just ignored everything and said that to feel enlightened for some reason.

No, you're wrong & the other person is right. They did create a child haven for pedophiles & you can't say they didn't. 50% of ALL US children are on Roblox. Roblox knows their platform is being used by pedophiles to prey on children, they have known for a long time. They've done absolutely nothing about it because they don't care about children, they care about the billions of dollars they're raking in from pedos. You pedo defenders are sickening & are most likely pedos yourself.

 

[Osha]

No, you're wrong & the other person is right. They did create a child haven for pedophiles & you can't say they didn't. 50% of ALL US children are on Roblox. Roblox knows their platform is being used by pedophiles to prey on children, they have known for a long time. They've done absolutely nothing about it because they don't care about children, they care about the billions of dollars they're raking in from pedos. You pedo defenders are sickening & are most likely pedos yourself.

This forum really needs a ??? option for reactions because what in the name of FUCK are you even talking about ? How do you extrapolate "people have been calling out Roblox in this thread already" into "oh you are pedo defenders". Absolute brain damage.

Also genuinely fuck you for even implying such a thing about me, that is an insane accusation to make about anyone just because you can't read for shit.