Roblox CEO calls child predator crisis an ‘opportunity’ amid ban of gamer

Roblox is under renewed fire after CEO David Baszucki described the child predator crisis on the gaming platform as an “opportunity” during a recent New York Times podcast, comments that landed amid intensifying scrutiny over the company’s decision to ban a YouTuber known as Schlep, who had gained a following for exposing child predators on Roblox and providing his evidence to authorities.

The backlash intensified after the New York Times’s Hard Fork podcast aired comments from Roblox CEO David Baszucki, who characterized the child predator problem not only as a “problem” but also an “opportunity.”