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Roblox hit with US lawsuit alleging broken child-safety promises

( September 3, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Roblox has been hit by a class-action complaint in federal court in Southern California alleging the platform, hugely popular with children and teens, hasn't lived up to its promises to keep them safe. "Through its pervasive patterns of misrepresentations about safety, Defendant portrays its app as a safe and appropriate place for children to play. In reality, and as Defendant well knows, the design of its app makes children easy prey for pedophiles, and Defendant had no appropriate safeguards to ensure that children were in fact safe or that predators were screened," the plaintiffs, an eight year-old girl and her guardian, said in the complaint.See attached filing....

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