By Ty Albright
Publication Date: 2026-10-14 02:11:00
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is demanding that Microsoft address allegations that sexual predators are using its Xbox Live gaming platform to target, groom and sexually exploit children, pointing to two disturbing criminal cases involving Missouri minors.
Hanaway calls for accountability and a plan to improve child safety, arguing that the company’s protections are either nonexistent or insufficient to prevent predators from contacting vulnerable users.
“The millions of underage users on your Xbox Live platform are at risk,” Hanaway wrote.
The attorney general raised concerns about inadequate age verification, ineffective parental controls, insufficient monitoring of voice and text communications, and reporting systems that may fail to respond quickly to threats against children.
The letter comes after two Missouri cases this summer in which investigators say adults used Xbox to establish contact with children before allegedly engaging in harassment, threats or sexual…
