Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the American Internet service Roblox

Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the American Internet service Roblox in connection with the revealed facts of mass and repeated distribution of materials with propaganda and justification of extremist and terrorist activities, calls to commit illegal acts of a violent nature, as well as propaganda of LGBT topics (the LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). This was reported on December 3 in the press service of the RCN.

"Roblox monitoring has repeatedly confirmed the inability of the internal moderation system to ensure the absolute security of materials appearing on the platform," the statement said.

It clarifies that the service contained a large amount of inappropriate content that could negatively affect the spiritual and moral development of children and lead to their committing illegal acts. The RCN emphasized that such actions are repeatedly committed in the game, in particular, committing acts of a terrorist nature and participating in gambling.

"Children in the game are sexually harassed, intimate photos are lured out of them, they are inclined to lewd acts and violence – after all, Roblox is popular with pedophiles who get to know minors directly in the game's chat rooms, and then move into real life," Roskomnadzor noted.

The federal agency added that it had repeatedly appealed to the administration of the service over the course of the current year with a request to restrict access to prohibited materials.

Roskomnadzor has identified banned content in Roblox. What you need to know

On the same day, a large-scale malfunction of the Roblox platform in Russia became known. According to user reports, the platform stopped opening and loading in the morning. Many people note that they cannot log in to their accounts, and the games either do not start or give connection errors.

On November 29, Roskomnadzor (RCN) announced that since 2019, it has repeatedly sent notifications to the Roblox platform demanding that access to prohibited materials be restricted. According to the decisions of the authorized bodies, since 2019, in accordance with Articles 15.1 and 15.3 of 149-FZ, the agency has been sending notifications to the Roblox administration, demanding that access to prohibited materials be restricted.

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