"Roblox" faced a wave of new lawsuits this week that allege the popular gaming platform hasn't done enough to safeguard kids from pedophiles and sexual content.
One of the latest complaints, filed in a federal court in the Northern District of California, claims that a predator posed as a child on the platform and sexually exploited a 10-year-old in Michigan. The man, who isn't named in the lawsuit, allegedly convinced the victim to send sexually explicit images of herself after sharing some of himself.
The 10-year-old, who is anonymous in the lawsuit, met the predator last year on "Roblox" and suffered from mental health issues including anxiety, according to the complaint filed Thursday.
"What Roblox represents as a safe, appropriate space for children is, in fact, a digital and real-