Roblox , developed by Roblox Corporation and published in 2006, is a free-to-play online sandbox game that allows users to create games, like racing games, role-playing games, simulations and whatever else they can write in the game's programming language, Lua. Players can also play these user-created games, and buy various in game accessories with the game's virtual currency, Robux. In 2012 a mobile version was released for IOS, and a version for Android was released in 2014. It's most popular demographic is children of all ages, so it's rarely used as a political platform of any kind. Evidently, that might be chang

Until recently, the IRS had a curious message on its website related to virtual currency. The wording on the site said that Fortnite's V-Bucks and Roblox's Robux may be subject to "tax consequences." These examples were cited alongside Bitcoin and Ether as "Convertible virtual currency" because they can be traded between users and "exchanged into U.S. dolla

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Gamesindustry.biz has reported that Roblox accounts have been hacked by malicious Trump supporters in an effort to call upon underaged players' parents to vote for their candidate this year. Many users logged in to find their profile messages changed and their avatars dressed up as avid Trump supporters. While some users have still been able to log in and change their profiles back to their own preferences, according to Gamesindustry.biz more than 1300 profiles still show the message, " Ask your parents to vote for Trump this year ," as well as the Trump campaign slogan, " MAGA2020 ." Roblox allows for many player customization options, but unlucky hacked users found their avatars dressed in bald eagle graphic t-shirts and red baseball caps resembling the red MAGA caps worn by ardent Trump support

At the end of 2020, Roblox demonstrated just how popular the service is with a digital concert. Rapper Lil Nas X performed four sets across three days in November, drawing in a total of 33 million viewers for his 10-minute performances. This smashed the record previously held by Fortnite , with the Travis Scott live show only attracting an audience of 27 mill

Desmond initially refused to clarify whether virtual game currencies would need to be reported. Still, the IRS later explained that virtual currencies that do not leave the game environment would not need to be included on tax returns. Robux, however, can be converted back into cash, so the IRS may still want to get a piece of that action. Despite the removal from the website, the 2019 IRS tax form 1040 asks, " At any time during 2019, did you receive, sell, send, exchange, or otherwise acquire any financial interest in any virtual currency ?" Taxpayers will need to answer "yes" if they received any virtual currencies for free, have sold any, or have traded any for goods or services - even other virtual curre

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Roblox has over 115 million monthly active users , most of which fall between the ages of 9 and 18. Children are free to do whatever their imagination asks of the game, and there is a chat feature which is auto-moderated to filter out abusive comments or profanity. However, users older than 13 have access to a wider range of words or phrases, and, unfortunately, there are those few abominable older players that use the platform to their advantage and prey on young children in a sandbox game, much as these ignoble hacktivists have d

At this point, nearly every major game utilizes some form of virtual currency. Though the IRS removed the language that included gaming currencies (for now), it's clear that it has realized the amount of money that can be leached from gamers if it moves forward with reporting requirements for purchased in-game currencies. Most gaming currencies function like gift cards: the currency is bought, and then can be used to buy in-game items. If the IRS moves forward with something like this, it would be like taxing a person's income and then taxing them again for buying a gift card. That this language was on the IRS website at all was reckless, and more than a little bit ridiculous. Still, it does act as a sign that gamers, especially streamers who accumulate large amounts of virtual currencies, have a lot to worry about if the IRS decides to tax in-game mo

CNN reports that the IRS quietly deleted the language, with IRS Chief Counsel Michael Desmond telling reporters that the addition of the virtual gaming currencies alongside Bitcoin was a mistake. Perhaps the IRS realized that there is no official way to convert most currencies like V-Bucks back into cash. Though V-Bucks are sometimes used to launder money on the Dark Web, most people use them to purchase new cosmetic it