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Damning Roblox report claims company inflates player numbers to investors by as much as 42%

A new report has alleged that Roblox misleads investors by falsely reporting player numbers, and has highlighted yet mo…

The report, published by short-selling firm Hindenberg Research (via Wall St Journal), claims that daily player counts and engagement statistics have been inflated by Roblox since 2021, based on interviews with multiple former employees at the company. On the issue of child safety, the report dubs Roblox an "X-rated paedophile hellscape" that exposes children to "grooming, pornography, violent content and extremely abusive speech". The report's authors say they, using an account set with an age "under 13", personally witnessed child sex abuse images being openly traded within user groups, and members "soliciting sexual acts from minors".

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