Roblox ban protests in Russia

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On 3 December 2025, the Russian federal communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, would state that they would implement a national ban in the Russian Federation on the U.S.-based online game platform & game creation system, Roblox. The Roskomnadzor authorities then cited concerns over content regulations on Roblox, several concerns that they cited include, how the platform hosted extremist content, facilitated the harassment of minors, terrorism, and violated laws regarding "LGBT propaganda". After this statement was made from Roskomnadzor, a series of rare, coordinated, public demonstration, and digital campaigns, consisting mostly of children and teenagers occurred in Russia. With estimates had indicated approximately 18 million monthly active users on Roblox that were from Russia were affected during the national ban. Roblox was also tied in third place alongside TikTok of time usage amongst Russian children during early 2025. The protests were later reported by several news outlets as...

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