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Roblox is facing another legal battle over its child safety regulations, this one a wrongful death lawsuit tied to the suicide of a 15-year-old boy.
Ethan Dallas, 15, had been playing Roblox since he was seven, and met a 37-year-old man pretending to be a child though the game.
SAN DIEGO — "Nate" offered friendship in a sometimes unfriendly world. The online game, Roblox, provided a safe reality in a sometimes cruel and unsafe world for a middle school boy in Santee, CA. But "Nate" was not a friend to 12-year-old Ethan Dallas.
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A "haven for predators." More North Carolina families file lawsuits against the gaming app Roblox
Two lawsuits filed on behalf of a Wake County teen and a Cumberland County teen allege that popular apps Roblox and Discord created an environment that allowed adults to exploit them online.
A 12-year-old child in B.C. has taken megahit online game platform Roblox to court, alleging that its design is exploitative and leading to addictive behaviour. Lawyer Justin Giovannetti helped with the lawsuit.