Chris Hansen Gets Banned on ROBLOX

We don’t need to tell you what Roblox is or the many controversies it has had and is currently having. It has a lot of problems when it comes to child safety. Keeping the kids safe from other players who want to take advantage of them is the top priority. Chris Hansen did a public interview, and he played Roblox, when suddenly he got banned, which makes for an interesting topic.

Who is Chris Hansen?

Chris Hansen is an American TV journalist who is known for the show To Catch a Predator. The show ran from November 2004 until December 2007. The concept is that there is a team of experts who would lure in some predators (pedos) to a sting operation. Hansen would then confront them and ask questions about what they were planning to do with a minor. Long story short, a lot of the predators were caught, and a lot were released.

The show ended in controversy as one of the predators ended their life after being caught. Since then, Hansen continued to stay on air, just not with TCAP. However, in the mid 2010s and even until now, Hansen has jumped from different shows and online content, with him still catching predators. This now leads us to why he engaged in Roblox because the platform has been littered with predators out for the children playing.

The Set Up

In an event called CrimeCon, held in Las Vegas this May, Hansen was part of a panel of people talking about child safety in these online programs and games. One of the people on the panel was a YouTuber named Schlep. Schlep himself is a known predator catcher, or at least exposes people who are predators. It’s also worth noting that Schlep has been banned in Roblox since last year.

The Ban

During the panel, Schlep handed over a laptop to Hansen, on which the latter would play Roblox. During the presentation, Schlep was explaining how predators could contact minors with in-game games where they functioned as chat programs like Omeagle. Hansen was navigating through the site until he got a notification that the account he was using was banned.

This sparked controversy because, according to the ban, he had violated some of the rules in the game. However, he clearly did not, as he did not even engage with the other players. This is why people are speculating that someone over at Roblox must have been watching the panel and decided to just ban him.

Why this makes Roblox look bad

Banning Hansen doesn’t make sense, because people are now thinking that Roblox is hiding something. While no specific person is mentioned in the ordeal, there was no reason to ban Hansen. When you think about it, what he was doing was just spreading information about how children and minors can be attacked or lured in through Roblox. This issue has died down for now, but it really does just make Roblox look bad. There’s also nothing stopping Hansen from doing his own investigative work since he can just make a new account. Whatever it is, Roblox is just fueling the fire that their games might be unsafe for minors.