Roblox accused of lying to investors about user numbers by Hindenburg Research

/ A short-seller report claims Roblox intentionally includes bots and alt accounts in its user numbers and fails to adequately protect children.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.

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Roblox is facing accusations that it lied to investors about the number of people who use the platform. In a report published on Tuesday, the investment firm Hindenburg Research claims Roblox is “consistently overstating the amount of people on its platform by 25 percent to 42 percent or more.”

Roblox, which went public in 2021, reported having 79.5

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