Roblox down for tens of thousands of users in the US, Downdetector shows
(Reuters) -Video game maker Roblox was down for tens of thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
There were more than 99,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Roblox as of 7:27 p.m. ET, Downdetector showed.
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