The petition against David Baszucki has reached 225,647 signatures. It is a petition on Change.orghas no actual value but it is a good sign to understand what is happening in the world of video games. David Baszucki is theRoblox Corporation CEOthe company based in California that manages Roblox, one of the most popular video games in the world.
In May a single map of the game recorded 16.3 million users connected at the same time. More than a real game, Roblox is a platform where the users themselves can create minigames. The audience is young, very young. And this is precisely the point of the petition. David Baszucki is accused of not having adopted all the necessary measures to make Roblox a safe place for its users.
The cause of the general prosecutor of Louisiana
To move the petition there were different Cases of news. A series of episodes and complaints that led to something more problematic than a petition. Last April also Revealing Revealing Revealing Revealing explained that the situation was becoming critical. Lizz Murrill She is the Prosecutor General of Louisiana, the United States. It is she who chose to sue Roblox.
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As NBC News reports, the decision was made on August 15th. The accusation against Roblox is that of not having created a verification system age suitable for the platform audience. According to Murrill, users can greatly create account where they lie on their date of birth. This leads to two problems. The first is that of adults who pretend to be children, lowering their age. The second is that of children who pretend to be older. A system that would have transformed Roblox into the “perfect place for pedophiles”.
Roblox’s answer
The platform has released a response linked to both the cause and the accusations. Since Roblox is a Video game also widespread in Italywe leave you all the company’s comment to deepen. In short, the efforts made by Roblox are explained precisely to avoid harassment to users. There is a fact, however, that it is interesting: the age of the players. According to the data provided by the company only the 64% of users are over 13 years old. All the others are smaller.
