Roblox and Discord Move to Arbitrate Child-Exploitation Cases, Arguing There Was No ‘Sexual Act’ or ‘Contact’

Both companies pushed back on plaintiffs’ allegations that the federal End Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, or EFAA, applied to the cases, which they insisted didn’t involve physical contact between the perpetrator, a third party, and the child user.

       

Both companies pushed back on plaintiffs’ allegations that the federal End Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, or EFAA, applied to the cases, which they insisted didn’t involve physical contact between the perpetrator, a third party, and the child user.