Game company Roblox enabled girl's sexual exploitation, lawsuit claims

By Brendan Pierson
FILE PHOTO The Roblox logo is displayed on a banner to celebrate the companys IPO on the front facade of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York U.S. March 10 2021. REUTERSBrendan McDermid

FILE PHOTO: The Roblox logo is displayed on a banner, to celebrate the company's IPO, on the front facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

(Reuters) - A lawsuit filed in San Francisco on Tuesday accuses online gaming firm Roblox Corp of enabling a California girl's sexual and financial exploitation by adult men.

The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, also targets online chat company Discord Inc, Snapchat parent Snap Inc and Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. Snap and Meta are already facing dozens of similar lawsuits.

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