Roblox and Discord are being sued by the mother of a 15-year-old boy who died by suicide after allegedly being targeted by “an adult sex predator” posing as a child on the platforms.

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court by Becca Dallas, according to The New York Times. Her son, Ethan Dallas, joined the online gaming platform Roblox with his parents’ approval and with parental controls in place.

At age 12, he was allegedly targeted by an online predator posing as a child named Nate, now believed to be 37-year-old Timothy O’Connor, per The Times. Their conversations moved to Discord and turned sexual in nature, with “Nate” threatening Ethan into sharing sexually explicit images.

“Tragically, Ethan was permanently harmed and haunted by these experiences, and h

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