US court permanently bans Roblox YouTuber accused of staff harassment and terrorist threats
A California court has permanently banned a Roblox player after he was sued by the game's developer for allegedly harassing staff and making terrorist threats to disrupt official events.
The Roblox Corporation initially launched legal action against Roblox YouTuber and content creator Benjamin Robert Simon, known as Ruben Sim, last November, accusing him of leading a «cybermob» against the platform and using «malice, fraud, and oppression» to commit unlawful acts intended to «injure Roblox and its users».
The lawsuit claimed Simon, who has been officially banned from Roblox for years for alleged terms of service violations, had repeatedly circumvented his ban to access the game, where he was accused of sexually harassing users, singling out individuals or groups for ridicule and abuse, using racial and homophobic slurs, attempting to upload nudes of himself, attempting to upload a sex game, and more.
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Simon was also accused of cyber-bulling and harassing Roblox employees, and of posting fake terrorist threats to discourage players from attending in-person and online events. One terrorist threat, focussed on last year's Roblox Developers Conference in California, saw the event temporarily shut down by police — a move said to cost the developer «over $50,000».
Simon's behaviour, the lawsuit argued, interfered with the Roblox Corporation's «existing and prospective economic relations and violates both federal and state computer crime laws». As such, the company sought $1,650,000 USD in damages, alongside injunctive relief to prevent Simon from engaging in similar activities in the future.
And now, some two months on, the court has shared its findings (as
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