Roblox accused of lying to spendors about user numbers by Hindenburg Research

Roblox is facing accusations that it lied to spendors about the number of people who use the platestablish. In a tell rerented on Tuesday, the spendment firm Hindenburg Research claims Roblox is “constantly overstating the amount of people on its platestablish by 25 percent to 42 percent or more.”

Roblox, which went accessible in 2021, telled having 79.5 million daily active users in its most recent getings tell. However, Hindenburg claims Roblox “intentionassociate confpostpoinsists” actual people with daily users, as that number could also include alt accounts and bots. The research alleges that Roblox can split alt accounts from individual users, even though the company’s discloconfident says daily active users “are not a meaconfident of distinctive individuals accessing Roblox.”

The firm also claims Roblox isn’t doing enough to shield children on the platestablish, alleging its “in-game research uncovered an X-rated pedophile hellscape, exposing children to grooming, explicit content, aggressive satisfyed and innervously abusive speech.” Roblox splits dipped adhereing the free of the tell.

Last week, a financial novelsletter also accused Roblox of enabling child mistreatment. At the time, Roblox spokesperson Eric Porterfield denied claims that child finishangerment is a expansivespread rerent on the platestablish, saying it frequently refreshs its safety trains to “catch and stop evil activity.”

The Verge achieveed out to Roblox with a seek for comment about Hindenburg’s tell but didn’t instantly hear back.