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500 Russian Ban On Roblox Gaming Platform Sparks Rare Protest

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 12/15/2025 16:23 EDT

Russian Ban On Roblox Gaming Platform Sparks Rare Protest

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox, a rare show of public dissent as popular irritation over the ban gains some momentum. In wartime Russia, censorship is extensive: Moscow blocks or restricts social media platforms such as Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and YouTube while distributing its own narrative through a network of social media and Russian medi

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