A lawsuit against Bay Area tech companies Roblox and Discord filed last week alleges that the apps are hunting grounds for ...

Roblox is one of the world’s most popular kids’ games, but lawsuits around the country allege predators are hiding in plain sight.

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 ...

Roblox and Discord are being sued by the mother of a 15-year-old boy who died by suicide after allegedly being targeted by “an adult sex predator” posing as a child on the platforms. A wrongful death ...

The mother of a 15-year-old California boy who took his own life is now suing Roblox and Discord over his death, alleging her son was groomed and coerced to send explicit images on the apps. Rebecca ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A lawsuit filed on Thursday accuses two major online platforms of allowing a Charleston 11-year-old to be groomed by an adult predator, resulting in life-altering trauma. The ...

A family from New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Roblox and Discord, alleging the platforms’ lack of safeguards allowed a predator to sexually exploit and abuse their son and possibly dozens of ...

A DeKalb County family filed a federal lawsuit against Roblox and Discord, claiming their now 14-year-old son was groomed by a predator who convinced him to send explicit photos. The family’s attorney ...

TAFT, Calif. (KERO) — On April 13 at 10 a.m., the Kern County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a 10-year-old who was last seen the night before. “We are bringing this case because of what ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...