A Reuters report says Russia has blocked access to Roblox in the country over concerns that it is “rife with inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children.” That may not be entirely wrong, but the allegations themselves certainly are: The ban was prompted by what Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor described as extremist content and “LGBT propaganda” being distributed on the platform, a position later confirmed by Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti.
wgszpieg on
A million 10-year olds in russia just went berserk
Ohrder on
now sanction all steam, blizzard, riot, and all other provider games so their youth rebels.
Karbargenbok on
Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons
TheDaznis on
Isn’t Roblox rife with PDF’s? Hell even Roblox themselves agreed that they are a platform that PDF groups exploit. Hell I’m for banning Roblox in the west as well. As their COE is a peace of shit for ignoring the PDF problem.
A-Lewd-Khajiit on
And not because of predators? God dang
sebbysgs on
Counter Strike next, please.
HotPotatoWithCheese on
If you could ban all competitive FPS games and MOBAs that would be great. Cheers.
alxmolin on
The fact that the world hasn’t banned Russia from all online gaming is a disgrace.
beetsonr89d6 on
please ban dota next 🙏🏻
Pleiadez on
Never thought I’d agree with something Russia would do but here we are.
Different reasons though, it’s a grooming platform and basically social media for kids. Not a good idea.
Dramatic_Respond_135 on
Good. We want more disgruntled russian youth
georgelikescookies on
Ruzia blames lgbt in LITERALLY EVERYTHING. Broken roads, bad demographics, war and centillion other things
Prize-Grapefruiter on
it’s banned in my country too because it’s a good source for pedophiles
N0_Horny on
(By the way, the bypass was done in 15 minutes)
Overgrown_fetus1305 on
Banning it for the LGBT+ content is bad, and being exposed to non-sexual LGBTQ+ content is actually good for minors. That all said, Roblox does have a major problem with actual pedophiles, and I frankly, think that this includes a lot of their actual staff, based on what I’ve read with the Schlep situation.
From what I can tell, Roblox does have some cases of actual extremist violent content (as would be understood by most people, and not just what the Russian government considers extremism), seeing as Roblox spend more time policing use of the words like “poo” than content which is actually unsafe for minors. So, they made the right decision, but to quite a significant degree, for the wrong reason.
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A Reuters report says Russia has blocked access to Roblox in the country over concerns that it is “rife with inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children.” That may not be entirely wrong, but the allegations themselves certainly are: The ban was prompted by what Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor described as extremist content and “LGBT propaganda” being distributed on the platform, a position later confirmed by Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti.
A million 10-year olds in russia just went berserk
now sanction all steam, blizzard, riot, and all other provider games so their youth rebels.
Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons
Isn’t Roblox rife with PDF’s? Hell even Roblox themselves agreed that they are a platform that PDF groups exploit. Hell I’m for banning Roblox in the west as well. As their COE is a peace of shit for ignoring the PDF problem.
And not because of predators? God dang
Counter Strike next, please.
If you could ban all competitive FPS games and MOBAs that would be great. Cheers.
The fact that the world hasn’t banned Russia from all online gaming is a disgrace.
please ban dota next 🙏🏻
Never thought I’d agree with something Russia would do but here we are.
Different reasons though, it’s a grooming platform and basically social media for kids. Not a good idea.
Good. We want more disgruntled russian youth
Ruzia blames lgbt in LITERALLY EVERYTHING. Broken roads, bad demographics, war and centillion other things
it’s banned in my country too because it’s a good source for pedophiles
(By the way, the bypass was done in 15 minutes)
Banning it for the LGBT+ content is bad, and being exposed to non-sexual LGBTQ+ content is actually good for minors. That all said, Roblox does have a major problem with actual pedophiles, and I frankly, think that this includes a lot of their actual staff, based on what I’ve read with the Schlep situation.
From what I can tell, Roblox does have some cases of actual extremist violent content (as would be understood by most people, and not just what the Russian government considers extremism), seeing as Roblox spend more time policing use of the words like “poo” than content which is actually unsafe for minors. So, they made the right decision, but to quite a significant degree, for the wrong reason.
good riddance!
Christianity is one helluva drug