He started playing … on Roblox … When he was 12, he was targeted by ‘an adult sex predator’ … After a while, the man encouraged [him] to … move their conversations to Discord … On Discord, the man ‘increasingly demanded explicit photographs and videos’ and threatened [the child] …” — describing a lawsuit involving Roblox and Discord following a teen’s suicide. (September 2025)View Full Story
There are many other stories like this, and it is heart-breaking to see some of the most popular platforms for children do little to nothing to combat this issue and only to make matters worse young people are left vunerable as they do not know how to handle the situation.
We decided we couldn't watch this happen. So we created Guardiobot. A service for both Roblox and Discord which aims to detect and prevent any abusive behavior. We also take reports manually for anything our systems cannot detect.
In the future, we plan to reach communities and developers globally. Every user on the internet has the right to be safe online, and we're here to make sure they have that right.