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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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[–] 72 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

In my country nobody can waive rights, by default no contract is able to take any rights from you

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  • [–] 21 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    It used to be like that in the US. It was not until the 90s into the 00's that employers were allowed to make employees sign away their right to sue and instead use binding arbitration of the employer's choosing, or manufacturers and retailers forcing consumers to waive their rights to sue in purchasing the product, and so forth.

    Judges used to throw them out. And if a contract had egregious language, it could invalidate the entire contract not just the part that is illegal.

    Since the federalist society conquered the courts all of that changed.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    Thank you for pointing out how much damage they have done to our legal system and in turn our society, or what remains of it.

    Not sure how this gets fixed without some kind of major probably terrible event. Fixing the Supreme Court is probably the first step, but kicking them out in local elections is crucial too.

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