NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the online gaming platform of “luring children into an environment it knows is dangerous but promises is safe.”
The suit claims that Roblox has deceived Tennesseans about the serious safety risks its platform poses for kids, placing profits above child safety.
“Roblox is the digital equivalent of a creepy cargo van lingering at the edge of a playground,” Attorney General Skrmetti said in a release. “Roblox invites children into a fantastic online world with the promise of creativity and play, but that wonderland is a trap that lets the company sell sophisticated predators access to those vulnerable kids. Roblox worked to reduceoversight and child safety resources despite repeated warnings, because less overhead meant more profit. And the whole time, the company lied and said safety was its top priority.”
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According to the complaint, Roblox does not verify a user’s given age upon signup, which makes it easy for children to create an account and allows predators to use the platform as the “first step” to contact children…