Games of all types, from Fortnite to Wordle to Roblox have been affected by the AWS outage. Problems started at about 7.30am BST (that's 2.30am ET) when gamign services started having huge spikes on the outage-detecting website Downdetector.

More than 1,000 companies had 6.5 million reports of disruption, including Snapchat, Reddit, Roblox and Lloyds bank.

Fortnite, Snapchat, Xero, Reddit, Netflix, Instagram, and the websites of Telstra, Optus and NBN Co are recovering after a major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) compromised the world’s largest cloud platform, pushing millions of app users offline around the world.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called the online gaming platform "a breeding ground for child predators."

An Iowa family has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, alleging that their daughter was groomed on the platform before she was taken from her grandmother’s home and later found in Jefferson

Mattel has launched "Monster High" inspired video games in Roblox and Fortnite. The toy company is building out its in-house gaming business.

Violent games, including a simulation of the graphic shooting of activist Charlie Kirk, are seen by young children on the social gaming platform, the lawsuit alleges.