Why Roblox Is Suddenly In Chris Hansen’s Crosshairs

Why Roblox Is Suddenly In Chris Hansen’s Crosshairs

From DualShockers (Written by Dashiell Reynaldo) on | OpenCritic

A few weeks ago, we covered a story explaining how the Roblox CEO, David Baszucki, expressed his goal of setting up Roblox as a potential dating site. Mind you, this wasn’t just a quickly stated remark, as he’s expressed his goal to expand Roblox’s content into 17+ areas for a few years now, such as this 2023 keynote (around the 1 hour 40 minute mark).

If the red flag isn’t already glaring, Roblox is widely known for its child-centric userbase. Although the CEO may be aiming to capture a more adult-oriented audience, the fact of the matter is that Roblox will always be inescapably connected to its large underage audience.

However, in the past few weeks, a few more points have come to light. For one, Roblox has banned and threatened to sue popular creator Schlep for releasing To Catch A Predator-esque videos linked to Roblox.

So, not only has the entire Roblox community been up in arms against the potential dating features the CEO has promised, but now, Chris Hansen, the leading face of To Catch A Predator, has supposedly been in contact with Schlep with the sole purpose of bringing to light many of Roblox’s...

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