Roblox, Discord seek arbitration of US child-exploitation claims
By Maria Dinzeo ( September 23, 2026, 23:45 GMT | Insight) -- Roblox and Discord are asking a US judge to send six child-exploitation cases to arbitration, arguing that the minors agreed to arbitrate disputes when they accepted the platforms’ terms of service.Roblox and Discord are trying to keep US claims that they allowed children to be exploited by sexual predators out of court, asking a federal judge overseeing a multi-district litigation against the companies to funnel six bellwether cases into arbitration....
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