Family alleges sex offender used Roblox, Discord to communicate with son in lawsuit
Family alleges sex offender used Roblox, Discord to communicate with son in lawsuit
The popular online gaming platform Roblox, which hosts millions of user-created games, is being sued by families and state attorneys general who claim online predators can groom, extort and exploit kids they meet on the platform. Jo Ling Kent reports.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is mostly accurate, reporting on lawsuits against Roblox and Discord related to online predators. The reporting has a slight bias due to the focus on allegations and lawsuits, potentially omitting the platforms' efforts to combat such issues. The claims are supported by multiple sources, although some details lack specific verification.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Roblox is being sued by families and state attorneys general who claim online predators can groom, extort and exploit kids they meet on the platform.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms Roblox lawsuits are growing as families sue over grooming and exploitation of children.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms a federal lawsuit claims that Roblox failed to protect a child from an alleged predator.
- Verification Source #4: The lawsuit charges that Discord and Roblox facilitated and enabled the victim's communication with child sexual predators.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms Roblox is being sued after a 15-year-old boy was allegedly groomed online.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: An alleged sex offender used Roblox and Discord to communicate with a child.
- Verification Source #2: Confirms an alleged sex offender posing as a 16-year-old befriended a 13-year-old and exchanged Roblox gift cards for sexually explicit photos via Discord.
- Verification Source #4: The lawsuit charges that Discord and Roblox facilitated and enabled the victim's communication with child sexual predators.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 2: "...an alleged sex offender posing as a 16-year-old befriended his 13-year-old son...Roblox gift cards in exchange for sexually explicit photos, which the son sent via Discord..."
- Source 1: "Roblox lawsuits are growing as families sue over grooming, and exploitation of children."