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Roblox argues 8-year-old waived rights in wrongful death lawsuit (www.courier-journal.com)
submitted 2 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do you have any concrete examples of this being enforced in practice?

All I see:

  • our data still gets collected
  • our phones, TVs, wiretap "assistants" still spy on us and upload all of our information to personal datasets that companies can access
  • "deleting your data" as per GDPR is just a database flag/row that says the data says it is deleted
  • EU just authorized any and all companies to spy on your communications 24/7, 365 days a year
  • freedom of speech/expression doesn't exist here any more than in America, maybe less

Our right to privacy (freedom right pillar) is literally daily being violeted 1000 times over and the most I have ever seen happen is a slap on the wrist 0.01% of yearly revenue fine that didn't change anything. Companies can fuck you over all they like unless you have a 10million € army of lawyers...

Also how is it going in Germany with the Palestine protester that had been locked in solitary confinement (known torture) for 23 hours per day for the past almost year after a show trial kangaroo court where they wouldn't allow even any independent record of the trial inside (violation of both dignity and justice pillars)

There is precious little enforcement of many rights, so we absolutely cannot take them for granted and have to fight for them on every front.