this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2026
207 points (98.6% liked)

Technology

87434 readers
3650 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
207
Roblox tries to dismiss wrongful death lawsuit by arguing that a player gave up her right to sue when she was 8 years old (www.thegamer.com)
submitted 2 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Mirshe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even in the US, a lot of TOS/T&Cs are unenforceable. It's harder to get a judge to say it, but there's case law holding a LOT of these as useless - and your point would also almost certainly come up even in a civil suit, let alone a criminal trial.

[โ€“] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

When is an 8 year old considered legally competent to sign legal documents? Not in Australia and I thought not in the US.