Russia moved to block access to Roblox on December 3, 2025, after the country’s media regulator, Roskomnadzor, and state outlets said the platform was hosting extremist content and what they called “LGBT propaganda.” The action was reported by Reuters. Roskomnadzor framed the ban as a protection for children, saying the service was “rife with inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children.” Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti echoed that framing in later coverage.
The grounds cited by Moscow differ from the more familiar child-safety complaints aimed at Roblox in other countries, which usually focus on predators and sexual content. In the United States, state attorneys general have accused Roblox of failing to safeguard children, and pressure there has taken legal and public forms. Regional and national restrictions against Roblox are not unprecedented. ConsolePCGaming previously reported on a full block in Qatar and on company actions like the ban of a predator-hunting YouTuber, which fed wider debate about moderation and platform safety on the site.
Russia expanded a law in 2022 that restricts so-called propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations across films, television, and videogames, and authorities are applying that standard to interactive services as well. For Roblox, which hosts billions of user-created experiences across PC and other platforms, enforcement raises immediate technical and moderation questions for both the company and Russian ISPs. Roblox Corporation has not provided an immediate public statement to the, and it remains unclear how long the block will be enforced or whether access will return under new content controls.
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Roblox
Developed by Roblox Corporation
Roblox is a massively multiplayer online platform marketed towards creators and players of all ages. It allows its users to create their own virtual worlds using a variety of objects, in which they or other members may enter and socialize within. Worlds created on Roblox can be scripted using a sandboxed edition of Lua 5.1 to affect events that occur in-game and create different scenarios.
- Genre: Platform, Simulator, Adventure
- Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Meta Quest 3, Mac, Xbox One
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release: 2006-09-01
- Publisher: Roblox Corporation
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Age Rating:
ACB PG / PEGI 12 / ESRB T / CLASS_IND 10 / GRAC 12+
- IGDB Rating: 70.9/100
