Roblox is a gaming platform with significant social features. The lawsuit’s claim seems to be that the parental controls and moderation should have prevented the child from joining a group dedicated to glorifying school shooters and interacting with the presumably horrible people there.
It is not unheard of for twisted individuals to goad vulnerable individuals, specifically kids/teens, into killing themselves. I don’t have any specific links but in the USA I’m pretty sure I’ve recently read about young men being charged for doing this exact same thing, convincing young girls to kill themselves.
I’m not a lawyer nor do I know the details of this exact case but if it is a similar situation and the parental controls provided weren’t capable of alerting the parents or didn’t stop the communications I can see the parents wining maybe.
Yikes… she took her own life? There was definitely much more going on than a video game
Probably, but there’s no guarantee. She wouldn’t be the first teen to kill themselves over something that seems inconsequential to adults.
In what world is an 8 year old a “teen”?Edit: I’m an idiot.
I don’t think anybody is making that argument. The 13 year old in the article was 8 when she agreed to Roblox’s terms
Roblox is a gaming platform with significant social features. The lawsuit’s claim seems to be that the parental controls and moderation should have prevented the child from joining a group dedicated to glorifying school shooters and interacting with the presumably horrible people there.
Yeah… I read the article too.
It is not unheard of for twisted individuals to goad vulnerable individuals, specifically kids/teens, into killing themselves. I don’t have any specific links but in the USA I’m pretty sure I’ve recently read about young men being charged for doing this exact same thing, convincing young girls to kill themselves.
I’m not a lawyer nor do I know the details of this exact case but if it is a similar situation and the parental controls provided weren’t capable of alerting the parents or didn’t stop the communications I can see the parents wining maybe.