The amended lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s Oakland Division, makes Bucks County the first District Attorney’s Office in the country to sue X Corp., according to the announcement. The suit also now targets Roblox Corporation, Discord Inc., and Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC.
The county alleges these companies use defective reporting systems, weak parental controls, and manipulative algorithms that expose children to trauma, grooming, and exploitation.
The expanded complaint includes local criminal cases, including the recent sentencing of Alec Magill, 32, of Upper Southampton Township. Investigators say Magill used Roblox to pose as a teenager and solicit explicit photos from minors, relying on the platform’s lax safeguards to avoid detection.
The suit also alleges X Corp.’s AI chatbot, Grok, generated sexual images of children, with one estimate showing a rate of one image per minute over a 24-hour period in late 2025. In Bucks County, one person has been charged with using Grok to create AI-generated child sex abuse material, with more cases under investigation.
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In Bucks County, school screenings during the 2021-2022 academic year found 34 percent of youth at risk for moderate-to-severe depression, 40 percent at risk for significant anxiety, and more than a quarter with a history of suicide ideation, according to the lawsuit.
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