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Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids (lacounty.gov)
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The County of Los Angeles filed suit today against social media gaming platform Roblox alleging that the platform failed to protect children from predatory behavior. The lawsuit alleges that while Roblox markets itself as a safe digital space for creativity, it is in reality an unsafe online environment that has become a breeding ground for predators.

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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (13 children)

My kids can play roblox, but they can't use chat. They're also very limited in their social media priviliges. It's all cancerous and predatory. It's a shame society has decided that this is the new standard of communication, so I can't ban it completely.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    They can use chat, trust me. Found my kid was talking to someone in one game because the characters walk around with signs in their hands that they update what they say. Concerning to say the least. My wife is blind to it, says there's little harm in playing with other kids and claims to supervise and she doesn't see any predators. "I'm paranoid" and a "conspiracy theorist ". I said for the conspiracy, it's not a theory when there's proof... If it were up to me, I'd fully block YT and RB across the full network.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    I can't ban it completely.

    You can, you just don't want to.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    They can, they just remember what they did when their parents banned something when they were a kid.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Which is?

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    Resist and find other ways to do the thing... which is literally what kids do.

    Do you want your kids to be on Roblox with your knowledge and occasional oversight, or without your knowledge at all, without any parental control?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I crafted wifi and tv antennae out of scraps of metal when my parents confiscated mine, but I don't think that applies here. (And yes, this was a brief golden era when terrestrial analog tv signals and wifi coexisted)

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    Modern day parenting for you. Why parent your own kids when you can get the government to ban things for everyone because you don’t want to upset your own children.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Modern problems require modern solutions, and children are experts at getting around parental blocks.

    Roblox isn't just knowingly letting child predators use a platform for children, they're banning people who are reporting child predators.

    It's like saying that parents shouldn't call the cops if the management of Chuck-e-chrese lets pedophiles just hang out there.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    You can block websites through your wireless router and the device itself it’s really not that difficult. Kids won’t find out your network admin password if you make it complicated and don’t give it to them. Parents have the tools but won’t put in the effort to use them.

    How about don’t take your kids to chuck e cheese if you know pedos hang out there it’s really that simple.

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