Eye on Extremism: August 22, 2025
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Reuters: Lebanon says it is beginning disarmament of Palestinian factions in refugee camps
Lebanon said on Thursday it was launching the planned disarmament of Palestinian factions in refugee camps, part of a wider effort to establish a state monopoly on arms. The planned disarmament was starting with the handover of weapons on Thursday from the Burj al-Barajneh camp in Beirut to the Lebanese army, the Lebanese prime minister's office said. The move is meant to mark the start of a broader disarmament effort, with additional deliveries expected in the coming weeks from Burj al-Barajneh and other camps across the country, the office said in a statement.
Long War Journal: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula donates aid to Gaza residents
The Shahada News Agency, a propaganda arm of Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, reported on August 19 that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) successfully sent aid to needy Palestinians in Gaza City. The report highlighted that Al Qaeda and its branches, which have long championed the Palestinian cause, are providing limited assistance to those in Gaza who were affected by the war between Israel and armed factions. The report is based on a video featuring Abu Zain al Maqdisi, the spokesperson for an obscure organization in the Gaza Strip called Ahrar Beit al Maqdis.
CEP Mentions
Welt TV: Gaza City Developments and the Plight of the Hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced negotiations to release all hostages in the Gaza Strip—while simultaneously pushing ahead with plans to capture Gaza City. CEP's Senior Director and Middle East expert Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler explains the story behind this strategy.
Deutsche Welle: From Berlin to Beirut: How Germany Became a Secret Bank for Hezbollah:
Dr Han-Jakob Schindler is interviewed on DW TV about how Hezbollah's networks developed and operate in Germany (in Arabic).
Pro7/SAT1 Newstime: Ukrainian Suspect Arrested
Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler is interviewed on Newstime about the implications of the arrest of a Ukrainian suspect in the bombing of North Stream 2 pipeline in Italy,
Analysis
Perspectives on Terrorism: Critical Perspectives on Anti-Government Extremism: A Research Note
While the Global North is still facing the challenge of traditional forms of violent extremism (e.g. right-wing, left-wing, and militant Islamism), intelligence services and scholars alike have highlighted potential threats from novel extremist orientations that have (re)emerged over the past decade. One such variant is captured by the notion of anti-government extremism, which in its most simple form describes extremist attitudes or actions that oppose government and institutions of authority.
United States
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cut off health research grants it contends advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or promote “gender ideology extremism.”
Donald Trump is demanding the release of a prominent far-right conspiracy theorist and former state elections official who is serving a nine-year jail sentence after she was found guilty of crimes connected to a nationwide scheme to overturn election results in states Trump lost in 2020. He threatened “harsh measures” against the state of Colorado if officials refuse his command.
At first, nothing seemed out of place to Andrew Voorhees. He arrived in downtown Concord around 1 p.m. Aug. 2 to begin preparing for the scheduled NH 50501 anti-Trump rally. He heard a loud megaphone, but it wasn’t until he parked and stepped onto the State House lawn that he realized his own group wasn’t responsible for the commotion ahead. Instead, the agitators were about 20 members of the neo-Nazi group “Blood Tribe.”
Jewish Insider: New ADL report highlights white supremacist forum inspiring school shooters
In December 2024, Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisc., killing two and injuring six before taking her own life. A month later, Solomon Henderson shot and killed one person and wounded another at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tenn., before also killing himself. What ties the two heinous acts together, a new report from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism suggests, is an online community of white supremacists increasingly recruiting and inspiring school shooters like Rupnow and Henderson.
The federal government announced on Wednesday that it opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations at Haverford College related to the college’s failure to adequately respond to incidents of discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students. A press release from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights states that the school has been the subject of numerous “credible” complaints that arose after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas on Israel and subsequent anti-Israel protests on campus.
The DOE reported that Jewish students were targeted by bullying and harassment without an institutional response.
Jewish Insider: Bipartisan legislation would create report on Jew-hatred within US extremist groups
The bipartisan Violent Antisemitism Threat Assessment Act, introduced this week by Reps. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.), calls on the U.S. Department of Defense to produce a comprehensive report on the role of Jew-hatred in violent U.S. extremist movements. “Antisemitism has long been a dangerous force in extremist movements, and today, it is resurging in ways that threaten both Jewish Americans and our broader democracy,” Vindman stated.
A Georgia man who defended his wife’s rampage against their Jewish neighbor was fired from the health care company he helped develop from the ground up. Mark and Anna Bouyzk both came under fire earlier this week after they carelessly called their Jewish neighbor a “k–e” and said that his daughter, a slain Israeli sergeant with the Jewish state’s border patrol, deserved to die.
Jewish News Syndicate: American professors association head decries ‘weaponization of antisemitism’
Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors, told InsideHigherEd that the Trump administration has weaponized antisemitism while discussing the organization’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Antisemitism has been used as a weapon, in many ways, by the Trump administration to bring universities to heel,” Wolfson said in the interview published on Tuesday. “Many times stripping out, or threatening to strip out, hundreds of millions of research dollars that often affect Jewish faculty members.”
Jewish News Syndicate: George Washington U suspends Jewish Voice for Peace chapter
George Washington University suspended its Jewish Voice for Peace chapter before the start of the 2025-26 academic year. The Washington, D.C.-based university told JNS that the student organization conduct history web page was updated in July with new resolutions that include two cases this spring involving the chapter.
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has repeatedly endorsed the Reformation Red Pill podcast, and has appeared on four episodes. But the former pastor who hosts the show, and who attends Hegseth’s theocratic church, has voiced a range of extreme positions in recent months on issues including Ice raids, capital punishment, the racist “great replacement” theory, adultery and neo-Nazism.
Canada
Global News: ‘On behalf of the Islamic State’: Security video shows terror attack on Surrey bus
Global News has obtained video surveillance entered as evidence at a recent B.C. Supreme Court trial that ended with federal prosecutors securing a terrorism conviction in a horrifying attack on a Surrey transit bus two years ago. Abdul Aziz Kawam, 30, assaulted a man with a knife at a bus stop near Fraser Highway and 156th Street before boarding a bus and slashing another passenger in the throat on April 1, 2023. Both men survived. Security video shows Kawam walking onto the bus, followed a few seconds later by his victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban.
CBC: Soldier charged with terrorism warned of ‘another Waco,’ court documents reveal
Unsealed documents reveal new details about the arrest of four Quebec men with military ties who are accused of stockpiling weapons for a violent invasion to seize land and create an extremist enclave in Canada.
Globe and Mail: Arrest of alleged extremists in Quebec City began with tip from CSIS
A tip from Canada’s spy agency in early 2023 triggered the investigation that led to last month’s terrorism charges against three Quebec City men with ties to the Armed Forces, newly released court documents reveal. Police affidavits unsealed Thursday outline how the RCMP conducted covert surveillance for nine months on a group of current and former soldiers suspected of being right-wing extremists.
Colombia
Reuters: At least 18 die in Colombia in two attacks attributed to FARC dissidents
At least 18 people died and more than forty were injured on Thursday after two attacks in Colombia attributed to different dissident factions of the former FARC guerrilla group, authorities reported. In Cali, the country's third most populated city, a cargo vehicle with explosives detonated near a Colombian Aerospace Force base, in an incident that left six people dead and 71 injuries, according to the mayor's office.
European Union
Axios: With MAGA's help, Europe's far-right marches into the mainstream
Vice President J.D. Vance, Elon Musk and other MAGA voices horrified Europe's leaders by embracing Germany's AfD and other far-right parties early in the Trump administration. Six months later, those parties are smashing their establishment rivals in poll after poll.
France
A group of Israeli children, aged 8 to 16, were refused entry to a leisure park in Porté-Puymorens (France) by the manager on Thursday, despite having made a reservation, the Perpignan prosecutor's office confirmed. The 52-year-old manager said he had banned the group on account of "personal convictions." An investigation has been opened, and the manager has been taken into custody on account of "discrimination based on religion in the context of the offer or the fortune of a good or service." Corine Serfati-Chetrit, of the CRIF Perpignan and the Jewish Observatory of France in Occitanie, said "we are in the midst of a tsunami of anti-Semitism in France."
Telegraph: France’s next president could come from the far-Right
The last time I saw Marine Le Pen in relaxed companionship with Jordan Bardella, her chosen deputy, was at a National Rally gathering in a sports area outside Narbonne, 150km south of Toulouse, on May Day this year. That was Le Pen’s first rally after a Paris court declared her guilty of embezzlement of public funds, with damning proofs that under her stewardship, her party had wilfully misused European Parliament money designed as salaries for supposed EP parliamentary assistants. Instead, over two decades, the perennially cash-strapped Rally had paid headquarters workers and cleared most of its debts.
Germany
DPA: Germany's AfD appeals to top court over 'suspected' far-right tag
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court over its classification as a suspected right-wing extremist group by domestic intelligence, party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla said on Thursday.
Belltower News: How right-wing extremists instrumentalize gaming
However, there are several reasons why right-wing extremists feel so comfortable in gaming: Firstly, far-right narratives encounter less resistance and are more likely to be accepted in spaces where insults and discrimination are normal anyway. Little moderation and a disregard for platform guidelines favors the spread of far-right talking points and propaganda media. Right-wing extremists have long understood how they can use unregulated platforms and the toxic background noise for their own purposes.
Deutsche Welle: Arrest made over Nord Stream pipeline explosions
German prosecutors announced Thursday that a suspect had been arrested in connection with an alleged 2022 attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which transported Russian gas to Europe. The suspect, a Ukrainian national, was detained near Rimini, Italy, prosecutors said. In a statement, they thanked their Italian counterparts and other international law enforcement agencies for their assistance. Authorities said the individual, identified only as Serhii K. in accordance with German privacy laws, was part of a group that planted explosives on the pipelines and is believed to have helped coordinate the attack. Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig praised the "impressive success" that led to the overnight arrest, calling for the case to proceed until all the suspects had been detained.
Reuters: German government calls recognition of Palestinian state 'counterproductive'
A German government spokesman said on Friday that Berlin has current no plans to recognise a Palestinian state because that would undermine any efforts to reach a negotiated two-state solution with Israel. "A negotiated two-state solution remains our goal, even if it seems a long way off today. ... The recognition of Palestine is more likely to come at the end of such a process and such decisions would now be rather counterproductive," the spokesperson said during a press conference.
Netherlands
Ynet: ‘Lynching, overt antisemitism’: Israeli victims recount Netherlands water park attack
An Israeli family vacationing at the De Kampervoorn water park in the Netherlands fell victim to a violent antisemitic assault on Thursday by a group of Dutch individuals of Arab descent who shouted “kill the Jews” and “Free Palestine,” threatening, “We’ll get to your children.”
Russia
Moscow Times: Instagram Verification Counts as ‘Financing Extremism,’ Russian Court Says
A Moscow court has ruled that Russians who pay for Instagram verification risk criminal prosecution for “financing extremism,” a decision that could carry penalties of up to eight years in prison. The Kuntsevo District Court in Moscow issued the ruling on July 14 after reviewing a prosecutor’s claim that the purchase of a blue verification checkmark amounted to sending money to Instagram’s parent company Meta.
United Kingdom
Reuters: Leader of 'cult-like' UK Christian group guilty of sexually abusing women
The leader of a "cult-like" Christian group once backed by the Church of England has been convicted of sexually abusing nine women in his congregation, after a jury returned their final verdicts on Thursday. Chris Brain, 68, led the Nine O'Clock Service, an evangelical church movement based in Sheffield, northern England, in the 1980s and 1990s.
Greenock Telegraph: Reaction to teenager jailed for planned terrorist mosque attack
LEADERS at Inverclyde Muslim Centre say they are ‘immensely grateful’ to the judiciary and police following the imprisonment of the teenager who planned a terror attack on the mosque. A spokesperson for the centre said while the incident has shown the dangers of extremism, it has helped its members strengthen bonds in the community.
Independent: Corbyn’s new party in chaos as co-leaders squabble over antisemitism remark
Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at Zarah Sultana after she accused him of “capitulating” over antisemitism when he was Labour leader as tensions at the top of their new left-wing party grow. The Islington MP said it was “not really necessary” for Ms Sultana, with whom he is currently co-leading the as-yet-unnamed party, to “bring all that up”.
Guardian: Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats
Refugee support organisations have been forced to install safe rooms in their premises, relocate to less visible sites and in some cases close their offices in response to the threat of far-right violence. Half of NGOs and charities supporting people seeking refuge have faced threats, a “hostile environment” of protest and safety concerns since the riots of 2024, according to research documents seen by the Guardian.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan International: Taliban Reject UN, Pakistan Fears That Afghan Soil Harbours Terrorists
The Taliban have dismissed concerns raised by the UN Security Council over the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, insisting no such organisations are operating in the country. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, said on Thursday that claims about extremist groups in Afghanistan were unfounded. He denied the existence of Islamic State in the country, saying the group had been “suppressed and destroyed.”
Afghanistan International: TTP Militants in Afghanistan Endanger Regional Stability, Says Pakistan
Pakistan has warned that militant groups based in Afghanistan pose a major threat to its national security and to regional stability, citing Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the most immediate danger. Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, Pakistan’s representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said the TTP, with an estimated 6,000 fighters, remains the country’s top security challenge. He added that the group cooperates with Baloch separatists, including the Balochistan Liberation Army, in attacks targeting strategic sites in Pakistan.
Afghanistan International: Gunmen Kill Six Relatives Of Ex-Afghan Soldier In Nangarhar Province
Six members of a former Afghan soldier’s family were killed in an attack in eastern Nangarhar province, local sources said. The killings took place two days ago in Sultanpur village, Surkhrod district, according to residents who spoke to Afghanistan International. The victims were relatives of Isfandyar Talwar, a former soldier in Afghanistan’s special counterterrorism unit.
Afghanistan International: Uzbek Pressure Prompts Taliban to Rebuild Destroyed Nava’i Statue
The Taliban have pledged to rebuild a monument to Amir Ali-Shir Nava’i in northern Afghanistan after Uzbekistan raised concern over the statue’s demolition. The governor’s office in Balkh province announced Thursday that reconstruction had begun on the memorial in Mazar-e-Sharif, with a budget of 1.5 million Afghanis. The project will include restoring the statue, creating green spaces, building a recreational area, establishing a library and installing information boards about Nava’i’s life and works, officials said.
Gaza Strip
Times of Israel: Hamas demands Gaza border crossings be opened for aid after UN famine declaration
Hamas calls for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and lifting of Israeli-imposed restrictions on the flow of aid into the Strip after the United Nations Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system officially declared a famine in parts of the territory.
Reuters: Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor
Famine has struck an area of Gaza and will likely spread over the next month, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system said 514,000 people - nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza - are experiencing famine and that was due to rise to 641,000 by the end of September. Israel dismissed the report as "false and biased", with the military body that coordinates aid deliveries into Gaza saying the IPC had based its survey on "partial data originating from the Hamas Terrorist Organisation".
Times of Israel: In IDF-controlled Rafah, an armed clan’s school plants seeds of a Hamas-free future
For nearly two years, schools across the Gaza Strip have been largely shut down. But in eastern Rafah, a rare exception has emerged: a small school operating in an area controlled by the Abu Shabab clan — an anti-Hamas group with possible ties to Israel and a questionable past — that now serves more than 100 kids from kindergarten through seventh grade. The school eschews Palestinian Authority textbooks previously prevalent in Gaza, with teachers apparently recruited from among displaced Palestinians living in a part of Gaza controlled by the Israel Defense Forces and appears to educate pupils along progressive ideas of pluralism and tolerance.
Iran
In his first foreign trip as the new head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani visited Iraq and Lebanon to salvage what remains of the regime’s "axis of resistance." Larijani replaced Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a veteran of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This decision is a window into the mind of Iran's ultimate decision-maker, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has concentrated power in his own hand and his office—known in Iran as the "leader’s beyt." The recent conflict exposed the weaknesses of Tehran’s security and military apparatus. After a large number of the regime’s key military and security officials were eliminated, the regime was forced to appoint many new replacements.
Iran International: Gunmen kill five police officers in southeast Iran
Unidentified gunmen attacked two police patrol units near Iranshahr in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province on Friday, killing five officers, according to state media. Police said the attackers opened fire on vehicles stationed on the Khash-Iranshahr road.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday their forces had killed six militants and dismantled two hideouts in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, seizing explosives and weapons in a series of operations against armed groups. The public relations office of the Quds Base of the Guards’ ground forces said in a statement carried by Tasnim news agency that “two terrorist teams were destroyed in coordinated operations in the north and south of the province.”
Iraq
AFP: Three police killed, 19 wounded in arrest of Iraqi Kurdistan opposition figure
Three members of the security forces were killed and 19 wounded during the arrest of an opposition figure in Iraqi Kurdistan, two security officials told AFP on Friday.
Kurdistan24: UNAMI Voices Concern Over Sulaimani Clashes and Urges Restraint
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Friday expressed concern over the latest violent developments in Sulaimani Governorate, warning against actions that threaten civilian lives. In a statement posted on X, UNAMI said it “regrets the loss of life and injuries resulting from the recent clashes” and urged all parties to exercise restraint, avoid endangering civilians, uphold human rights, and ensure that judicial processes are conducted fairly and impartially in accordance with Iraq’s Constitution.
Israel
The conditions are the release of all remaining hostages at once, the disarmament of Hamas, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, overall Israeli security control of the Gaza Strip and the transfer of governance to a body that is not Hamas or the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has already rejected calls to give up its weapons, and the IDF has estimated that the full dismantlement of Hamas’s terror infrastructure in Gaza will take years to complete, leading critics to accuse Netanyahu of seeking to prolong the war in order to stay in power.
Reuters: Netanyahu says Israel to resume Gaza negotiations to end war and free hostages
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly two-year-old war but on terms acceptable to Israel. It was Netanyahu's first response to a temporary ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Qatar that Hamas accepted on Monday. Israel will dispatch negotiators to talks once a location is set, an Israeli official said. Speaking to soldiers near Israel's border with Gaza, Netanyahu said he was still set on approving plans for defeating Hamas and capturing Gaza City, the densely populated centre at the heart of the Palestinian enclave.
The big headlines regarding the IDF’s potential Gaza City invasion – might there still be a new ceasefire deal right before or after it starts? – focused on the number of reservists and mandatory service soldiers who will be involved. Five full invading divisions means somewhere between 25,000 and 50,000 soldiers actively invading, similar to at the start of the war, and the 110,000 to 130,000 potential reservists involved also echoed the early war highs. But after 22 months, these numbers – strategically speaking – if not irrelevant, are not the main issue anymore.
Lebanon
Axios: U.S. asks Israel to scale down Lebanon strikes after decision to disarm Hezbollah
The Trump administration has asked Israel to reduce "non-urgent" military action in Lebanon to bolster the Lebanese government's decision to start the process of disarming Hezbollah, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios. Why it matters: The Lebanese cabinet's unprecedented decision to prepare to disarm Hezbollah came at the urging of the U.S., but many in the region doubt the government will be able to carry it out. The Trump administration thinks reciprocal steps by Israel would give Beirut more space and credibility to follow through. State of play: Since the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon last November, Israel has still conducted almost daily air strikes in Lebanon.
Naharnet: Geagea visits Salam, urges all to abide by govt. decision on arms
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea made a solidarity visit to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the Grand Serail on Friday, in the wake of the campaign launched against the premier over the government’s latest decisions on the disarmament of all armed groups in the country.
Naharnet: US envoy praises steps to disarm Palestinian camps in Lebanon
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has hailed steps to begin disarming groups operating in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Barrack congratulated Thursday the government and the Palestinian Fatah movement on their "agreement on voluntary disarmament in Beirut camps, a great accomplishment as a result of the bold action recently taken by the Lebanese Council of Ministers. A historic step toward unity and stability, showing true commitment to peace and cooperation."
Pakistan
Christian Daily: Islamist influence growing in Pakistan, report says
Religious freedom in Pakistan is facing unprecedented threats as Muslim extremist groups increase their hold on public officials, according to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The report, “Streets of Fear: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2024/25,” which documents violations of such freedoms between July 1, 2024 and June 30, noted Muslim extremists were exerting growing pressure on the judiciary and elected officials through propaganda and intimidation.
Uzbekistan
Zamin: 21 young people arrested for joining terrorism in Namangan
In the Namangan region, 21 people influenced by terrorist ideas were detained. According to the State Security Service, these activities were carried out under the influence of the terrorist organization “Islamic State.” This incident caused great concern and attention among the public and local residents. It is reported that the operational measures were conducted jointly by the regional department and internal affairs authorities. The leader of the group, residing in the “Yangiobod” mahalla of Pop district, opened illegal channels on social networks and distributed materials promoting the ideas of the terrorist organization. Through this, he influenced not only the youth in the mahalla but also family members and close relatives, leading them onto the path of extremism.
Kenya
All Africa: Somalia: US Embassy in Nairobi Warns of Possible Al-Shabaab Attacks, Urges Vigilance
The United States Embassy in Kenya has issued a fresh security alert, warning of potential terrorist attacks in Nairobi by Al-Shabaab and other extremist groups, and advising heightened caution among American citizens and foreign nationals. In a statement released Tuesday, the embassy described the threat as "persistent and ongoing," naming hotels, embassies, restaurants, shopping malls, markets, schools, police stations, and places of worship as possible targets. It stressed that such attacks could occur "with little to no warning."
Niger
Associated Press: Niger army says it killed a senior Boko Haram leader in a targeted airstrike
The army in Niger says it used a targeted airstrike to kill a senior leader of the Boko Haram jihadi group, which has killed thousands of people in West Africa. Ibrahim Bakoura was killed in an Aug. 15 strike in the Lake Chad region that killed “dozens of terrorists” and Boko Haram senior leaders, the army claimed in a state television broadcast Thursday. Bakoura, who was in his mid-40s, was “tracked for several weeks” before the strike, the army said.
Australia
SSB Crack News: Man charged with possessing violent extremist and child abuse material in Sydney
A significant legal development is underway as a 25-year-old man prepares to appear in court following serious charges related to possessing violent extremist and child abuse material. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation after receiving intelligence indicating the man’s involvement in a gathering of right-wing extremists in Marsfield, located in Sydney’s lower north shore.
Technology
The video game platform Roblox, which boasts over 111 million daily active users, is currently under fire for its poor moderation practices. On August 14, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced a lawsuit against the company for lacking proper safety protocols to protect children from sexual content and exploitation. She called for the entire platform to be shut down, saying “Roblox is overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety.”
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