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nanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 2 years ago

Roblox accused of facilitating "illegal gambling ring" for minors

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Roblox accused of facilitating "illegal gambling ring" for minors

www.gamesindustry.biz

nanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 2 years ago
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against Roblox Corporation, accusing the developer of facilitating "an illegal ga…
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  • Scrof@sopuli.xyz
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    About time. Roblox is all kinds of unethical.

  • recursive_recursion [they/them]@programming.dev
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    very unsurprising especially if anyone’s seen Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
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    Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.

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  • iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world
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    Yes, that’s the core design of the game.

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      A class action lawsuit has been filed against Roblox Corporation, accusing the developer of facilitating “an illegal gambling ecosystem” and violating a federal law.

      The complaint was signed by Chief Inspector Slowpoke

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    Again? Pretty sure I saw this headline years ago.

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