"Rockstar Games has removed a fan-made mission simulating the assassination of Charlie Kirk from its popular online crime sim Grand Theft Auto Online, with the publisher even banning the conservative activist's name to prevent similar missions from appearing. As reported by IGN, developer Rockstar North introduced a new feature in the A Safehouse in the Hills update on December 10, allowing GTA Online players to create and share unofficial missions within the game."
"While the "We are Charlie Kirk" mission has been removed from GTA Online, and Variety's sources say other user-generated content related to Kirk is no longer available, IGN discovered on January 14 that the mission directory reportedly still features objectives recreating Kirk's assassination. A "Charlie Kirk assassination" objective seems to still pop up (maybe because it is written in Korean and made by a South Korean user, per IGN) when you search the directory for "Kirk" in English."
Rockstar Games removed a fan-made Grand Theft Auto Online mission simulating the assassination of Charlie Kirk and added Kirk's name to a list of banned words. Rockstar North's December 10 A Safehouse in the Hills update lets players create and share unofficial missions. Users uploaded recreations of Kirk's assassination, including a prominent mission titled "We are Charlie Kirk". The company's internal "profanity filter" will be renamed to reflect broader moderation of harmful content. Copies of the mission circulated on YouTube and X, and assassination objectives still sometimes appear in the mission directory, possibly from a Korean-language upload. Rockstar Games did not respond to a request for comment. Charlie Kirk was a 31-year-old right-wing activist and founder of the youth organizing group Turning Point USA who mobilized for Donald Trump.
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