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According to a new report, Roblox is battling with recreations of mass shootings appearing on the platform, which hosts user-generated content.
As reported by The Verge, Roblox is having difficulty removing recreations of shootings, such as the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooting. The incidents primarily seem to be being uncovered by Daniel Kelley, a researcher for the Anti-Defamation League. On Twitter, Kelley shared one such incident that he found while searching "Christchurch" on the platform recently. The Christchurch shooting resulted in the deaths of 51 people.
This isn't the first time that Kelley has found recreations of the Christchurch mosque shooting on Roblox, either. In a tweet shared earlier this year, which Kelley included in the new incident, he was able to find two separate recreations of the shooting. Kelley is worried that Roblox has the potential to become a platform for radicalization if the problem is left unchecked, as Roblox is popular among children.
As reported by The Verge, Roblox is having difficulty removing recreations of shootings, such as the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooting. The incidents primarily seem to be being uncovered by Daniel Kelley, a researcher for the Anti-Defamation League. On Twitter, Kelley shared one such incident that he found while searching "Christchurch" on the platform recently. The Christchurch shooting resulted in the deaths of 51 people.
This isn't the first time that Kelley has found recreations of the Christchurch mosque shooting on Roblox, either. In a tweet shared earlier this year, which Kelley included in the new incident, he was able to find two separate recreations of the shooting. Kelley is worried that Roblox has the potential to become a platform for radicalization if the problem is left unchecked, as Roblox is popular among children.
