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Roblox argues 8-year-old waived rights in wrongful death lawsuit (www.courier-journal.com)
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Can an 8-year-old waive their rights to sue a company by clicking a box?

That's the stance of Roblox, an online gaming platform that bills itself as a digital playground.

The argument comes as the $41-billion company is embroiled in a lawsuit with the family of a Northern Kentucky child whose death by suicide, her mother says, is related to use of the platform.

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[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

Minors cannot be signatories to a contract. Nothing the parent does can change that.

If someone agrees to unlawful contract terms, those terms have no legal force, and depending on the wording of the contract, it could potentially invalidate the whole contract (though there's usually fine print about separability that deals with that eventuality).

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