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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I shame anyone over 14 that still plays roblox. Younger than that, I try to nudge them into better games

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Please stop nudging pre-teens, they can't consent

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's one more reason you don't want them on Roblox.

Beyond inflated key user metrics, our in-game research revealed an X-rated pedophile hellscape, exposing children to grooming, pornography, violent content and extremely abusive speech.

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Media and non-profit exposés from 2020 to July 2024 revealed digital strip clubs, red light districts, sex parties and child predators lurking on Roblox. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation in 2024 labeled Roblox “a tool for sexual predators, a threat for childrens’ safety”. Numerous criminal indictments from 2019-2024 allege that sexual predators groomed children in-game, ranging from 8-14 years old, then kidnapped, raped or traded sexual content with them.

Following years of scandals, we performed our own checks to see if the platform had cleaned up its act. As a test, we attempted to set up an account under the name ‘Jeffrey Epstein’…only to see the name was taken, along with 900+ variations. Many were Jeffrey Epstein fan accounts, including “JeffEpsteinSupporter” which had earned multiple badges for spending time in kid’s games. Other Jeff Epstein accounts had the usernames “@igruum_minors” [I groom minors], and “@RavpeTinyK1dsJE” [rape tiny kids].

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

As a test, we attempted to set up an account under the name ‘Jeffrey Epstein’…only to see the name was taken, along with 900+ variations. Many were Jeffrey Epstein fan accounts, including “JeffEpsteinSupporter” which had earned multiple badges for spending time in kid’s games. Other Jeff Epstein accounts had the usernames “@igruum_minors” [I groom minors], and “@RavpeTinyK1dsJE” [rape tiny kids].

Eh, I'm not chuffed about the names, but I would bet many are ironic and/or kids being dipsticks. This just seems like one of those pearl clutching moments from 'le gasp, horrified adults!' I know I used a lot of terrible names as a preteen. Hell, I even made a name to bait nazi sympathizers in one account (as an adult in a totally different area), just to catalogue their name when they started hitting me up thinking I was one of them.