- A Bucks County mother is suing Roblox, alleging the platform enabled the sexual exploitation of her son.
- The lawsuit accuses the company of negligence and failing to protect minors from online predators.
- Roblox is alleged to have misrepresented the safety of its app, which is popular with users under 13.
- The suit seeks monetary damages and other measures from the online game company.
A Bucks County mom alleges that an online game company maintained an environment on its app that enabled the sexual exploitation of her 14-year-old son.
The lawsuit filed Oct. 28 in California against Roblox Corp., maker of the interactive online game platform popular with kids and teens, accuses the company of fraudulent concealment and negligence for failing to reasonably protect minors who use the platform and warn parents of the risks.
In 2024, the then-13-year-old “was targeted on Roblox by a male predator who posed as a fellow child,” according to the lawsuit, and the predator eventually acquired the boy’s cellphone number. “The predator sent (him) graphic messages, sexually explicit images and videos, and manipulated (him) into sending explicit images and videos of himself.”…