The realm was discovered by a 10-year-old great-granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.
Online gaming platform Roblox has failed to state whether developers recreating Nazi Germany in its virtual world have been banned from the site, as the Australian Federal Police confirmed an increase in extremist groups using the platform to target children.
Roblox – an online game-creation platform with 200 million monthly users, half of whom are under 13 – came under fire after The Australian revealed a Nazi courtroom had been created on the site, discovered by the 10-year-old great-granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.
After expressing a “zero-tolerance policy” towards extremist behaviour earlier this week, Roblox did not respond to questions from The Australian about actions it had taken against the perpetrators of the “Third Reich” virtual space, which featured swastikas and Nazi soldiers.
Roblox has faced a litany of allegations over its negligent moderation.
Earlier this month in October, it was named in a US lawsuit that alleged the company had enabled the sexual and financial exploitation of a 13-year-old girl.
A group of adult men had used Roblox to identify and target the girl, encouraging her to communicate with them on third-party messaging apps, abuse prescription drugs and send explicit images of herself, the suit alleged.
The girl suffered severe mental health problems leading to suicide attempts and hospitalisation, court documents said.
Earlier this year, reality star Kim Kardashian threatened to sue the company, claiming her son Saint had discovered an advertisement for his mother’s sex tape on the platform.
Read the article by Chloe Whelan in The Australian.