GTA Online Players Keep Making Charlie Kirk Assassination Missions
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Rockstar Games is facing challenges in controlling user-created GTA Online missions that recreate the assassination of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, who was killed in September last year.
- Following the addition of a mission creator tool in December, players quickly began making and sharing assassination-themed missions based on Kirk’s killing, prompting Rockstar to attempt to limit their spread.
- A viral tweet claimed Rockstar added "Charlie Kirk" to the game's profanity filter, but this has not been officially confirmed; however, searches for "Charlie Kirk" on the official custom jobs site now return errors, similar to blocked vulgar terms.
- Previously shared Kirk-themed missions appear to have been removed from GTA Online between December 10 and the present, with players using workarounds like altered
