Research by a short-selling firm claims that Roblox is dishonest about its daily active user count and that it is not doing enough to protect children from predators. Here's @Gizmodo's report.

Research by a short-selling firm claims that Roblox is dishonest about its daily active user count and that it is not doing enough to protect children from predators. Here's @Gizmodo's report.

https://flip.it/cVlekj

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mattmaison@mastodon.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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cryptiod137@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Well we know the child predator part is true

CultureDesk@flipboard.social · 1 pts · 1y

@mattmaison@mastodon.world Yes, that's definitely a consideration! Roblox stock was down 3.5 percent today, which is presumably Hindenburg's motivation for releasing this research. Then again, the firm did show all its workings — here's the report:

https://hindenburgresearch.com/roblox/