Snapshot · The Tucker Carlson Show
Predators can purchase pre-verified Roblox accounts for specific age ranges on eBay for as little as $15, defeating Roblox's biometric age-verification safety measure.
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At 30:40 · chapter starts 25:47
Montgomery walks Tucker through what Roblox actually is — a digital Lego world where children as young as 4 can chat and play games with strangers — and then methodically dismantles the platform's safety credibility. [1] — Ryan Montgomery "Roblox has roughly 150 million daily active users, mostly children aged 4-8, yet reportedly employs no one with child-crime experience. Its…" 30:05 Despite being a multi-billion-dollar corporation and the world's largest children's gaming platform, Roblox reportedly had no child-crime veterans on its safety team as of Montgomery's last check. Its response to mounting criticism was to implement biometric age-scanning, but the measure is riddled with errors and can be circumvented by purchasing a pre-verified account on eBay for $15. More damaging still, Roblox banned a vigilante named Shlep — who had gotten six predators arrested on the platform — and sent a cease-and-desist to his home. Montgomery says he doesn't believe Roblox is intentionally enabling predators, but argues the platform is doing a horrible job of combating a problem that is mathematically inevitable: a platform full of children will attract predators, just as predators seek positions as teachers, camp counselors, or coaches. The segment ends with Roblox's stock chart shown on screen, split roughly in half over six months, while the top search result for the company reads 'Understanding Roblox's grooming problem.'
Roblox has roughly 150 million daily active users, mostly children aged 4-8, yet reportedly employs no one with child-crime experience. Its new biometric age-verification can be defeated by buying a verified account on eBay for $15. When a vigilante got 6 predators arrested on the platform, Roblox sent him a cease-and-desist letter.
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