Lawyers for the girl's father argue her exploitation could - and should - have been prevented by enhanced safety features within the Roblox app.

Journalist Jo Ling Kent joined CBS News in July 2023 as the senior business and technology correspondent for CBS News. Kent has more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of technology ...

PETOSKEY, Mich. — Federal authorities are accusing a New York state man of sexually exploiting a Michigan girl he met through Roblox last summer. Ryan Dookhan, who was 29 at the time of the offense, ...

SAN MATEO, California (Gray News) – A family in California is suing Roblox and Discord after they say the online platforms failed to protect their 10-year-old daughter from being abducted by a ...

EMMET COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A 29-year-old man used an online gaming platform to manipulate an 11-year-old Petoskey girl into sending him sexually explicit pictures and videos, according to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Clay County family has filed a lawsuit against Roblox after a 15-year-old boy was sexually exploited by a predator from the video game platform. The Roblox Corporation develops ...

The first lawsuit against the popular video game Roblox has been filed in North Carolina. On Thursday, Dolman Law Group filed a complaint on behalf of a High Point mom and her daughter, both ...

A Georgia family is suing Roblox, a popular children’s online gaming platform, alleging that the company is responsible for the sexploitation of their then-9-year-old child. The lawsuit claims that ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An Iowa family claims their 13-year-old daughter was found in Tennessee after she was taken from her grandmother’s home by someone she met in a Roblox chat room. Now, they ...