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PC Gamer
Andy Chalk

Roblox clashes with an 'activist short-seller' who's going after its share price with accusations that it's running a 'pedophile hellscape' and lying about user numbers

The Roblox HQ.

Hindenburg Research, an investment research firm that "specializes in forensic financial research," has released an in-depth report on the massive gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of lying to investors in order to spur growth, and more sensationally, that it is a "pedophile hellscape."

Roblox, not surprisingly, rejected the allegations outright. "Roblox takes any content or behavior on the platform that doesn't abide by its standards extremely seriously, and Roblox has a robust set of proactive and preventative safety measures designed to catch and prevent malicious or harmful activity on the platform," it said in a statement.

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