Roblox’s Kids Cesspool

The term “social media” is beginning to be synonymous with “cesspool for children.” A Wall Street short seller’s report out today about Roblox, an online kids’ gaming service, painted a picture of a site you wouldn’t want your worst enemy to visit, let alone your children. It came the same day as attorneys general from a dozen states sued TikTok, alleging that the company designed the app to be addictive to kids. 

A week ago, a court unsealed a lawsuit against Snap filed by the New Mexico attorney general, which showed that “Snap’s staffers knew that a staggering volume of child sexual abuse material was circulating on Snapchat,” as we reported. And just three weeks ago Meta Platforms’ Instagram made accounts for users under 16 private by default, after a constant barrage of publicity about teens suffering damage from harmful material they encountered on the app.