A few months after the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk back in September 2025, it appears GTA Online has been trying to deal with headache after headache of moderating its player-made custom missions. Many of the custom missions have aimed to recreate the tragic incident digitally. Thus, publisher Rockstar has recently censored the name “Charlie Kirk” inside GTA Online in an attempt to deal with these custom-made missions.
When Rockstar rolled out its long-awaited Mission Creator in December, it did not take long for players to turn the tragedy into playable content. One of the most widely shared custom jobs, titled “We Are Charlie Kirk,” drops players on a rooftop overlooking a college-like campus, hands them a sniper rifle, and rewards them with in-game XP for killing a Kirk look-alike. Here’s an example:
Clips of the mission spread rapidly on X and gaming forums, drawing condemnation from many viewers. “This is diabolic and insensitive. I’m surprised the mission is even live still. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should,” one commenter wrote. Another added simply, “This is absolutely disgusting behaviour.” Others treated it as dark comedy, jokingly calling it “Mission Kirked.”
Now Rockstar appears to have drawn a line. According to reporting from Kotaku and GTA insiders, “Charlie Kirk” has been added to GTA Online’s profanity filter. Searching the full name on Rockstar’s official custom jobs site produces the same error message as racial slurs or banned terms, and the original “We Are Charlie Kirk” map has been removed.
Rockstar Might Need to Do More
The problem, however, appears far from solved. At the time of writing, some players are already uploading similar missions under slightly altered names like “Charlie Pink” or by using “Charlie” and “Kirk” separately, a digital whack-a-mole that highlights the darker side of user-generated content.
It’s also worth noting that other gaming platforms that offer a similar degree of user-generated content to players have or are experiencing the same problem. Roblox, for example, was quite a hotbed for Charlie-Kirk-esque games back in September, so much so that its creator even expressly forbade the creation of missions related to the late right-wing activist.
Roblox has thus removed hundreds of user-made games related to Charlie Kirk, and even some US states have sued Roblox because of these custom games. So far, it appears Rockstar has evaded this degree of legal trouble as GTA Online has a higher age rating, though the studio might have to be more vigilant in upholding the newly imposed step in its “Charlie Kirk” censorship.
