{"id":62835,"date":"2025-08-17T21:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T01:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/2025\/08\/17\/roblox-est-accuse-de-cacher-son-probleme-de-pedophiles\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:02:28","slug":"roblox-accused-of-hiding-its-pedophile-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2025\/08\/17\/roblox-accused-of-hiding-its-pedophile-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox accused of hiding its pedophile problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Unfortunately, the title is not clickbait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The game Roblox (Roblox Corporation, 2006) has been on my radar for some time. With over 110 million daily active players (Clement, 2025a), nearly 40% of whom are 13 years old or younger (Clement, 2025b), it’s a game that’s hard to ignore. Several years ago, following an investigation by People Make Games (2021) that highlighted Roblox’s predatory business model, I installed and tried the game. This experience gave me a better understanding of why young players are so enthusiastic about this platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I hadn’t realized, however, was how much inappropriate content there was for young people. Yes, I played \u201cviolent\u201d games reminiscent of the old Looney Tunes, but I hadn’t seen any sexual content. While researching for this article, I came across an article published last year called \u201cRoblox’s Pedophile Problem\u201d in Bloomberg (Carville and D’Anastasio, 2024). I didn’t expect it to be so intense. Here is a video that complements their report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n