{"id":355433,"date":"2025-12-17T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=404369"},"modified":"2025-12-17T01:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:10:19","slug":"russia-rebels-against-the-most-unexpected-censorship-the-one-against-roblox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/russia-rebels-against-the-most-unexpected-censorship-the-one-against-roblox\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia rebels against the most unexpected censorship: the one against Roblox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of people in Tomsk, Russia, recently protested in adverse weather conditions against the ban of the popular video game Roblox, a measure implemented by the Russian government earlier this month. Authorities argue that the platform is &#8220;full of inappropriate content&#8221; that could negatively affect the moral development of children, <strong>particularly mentioning &#8220;LGBTQ+ propaganda,&#8221; which actually refers to the mere existence of these communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Censor whatever you want, but not Roblox<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the hostile conditions and the risk of reprisals, the protesters, numbering several dozen, carried banners with slogans like &#8220;Hands off Roblox&#8221; and &#8220;Roblox is a victim of the digital iron curtain.&#8221; <strong>This act of protest has sparked a debate about censorship, questioning the effectiveness of such bans when they can be easily circumvented using VPNs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roblox | Official Trailer (2019)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sme76WoJ_-U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ban has impacted the child population, manifesting in the sending of about 63,000 letters to officials, many of which express a desire to leave Russia. <strong>Yekaterina Mizulina, a fervent advocate of pro-Russian censorship, has received numerous letters from children, half of which stated their intention to leave the country due to this decision<\/strong>. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for President Vladimir Putin, also mentioned that the Kremlin has received &#8220;many&#8221; letters regarding the ban, although it was not specified whether they support or oppose the measure.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the popularity of Roblox, the platform has faced criticism in the past due to its failures in protecting children, including lawsuits in the United States related to child safety. 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Authorities argue that the platform is &#8220;full of inappropriate content&#8221; that could negatively affect the moral development of children, particularly mentioning &#8220;LGBTQ+ propaganda,&#8221; which actually refers to the mere existence of these communities. Censor what you want, but not Roblox Despite the hostile conditions and the risk of reprisals, the protesters, numbering several dozen, carried signs with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":355446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3936,19610,19611,19612,19613,1108,5104,19614,19615,19616],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-355433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-censura","tag-censura-lgbtiq","tag-dmitry-peskov","tag-las-manos-fuera-de-roblox","tag-propaganda-lgbtq","tag-roblox","tag-rusia","tag-telon-de-acero-digital","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-yekaterina-mizulina","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355450,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355433\/revisions\/355450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355433"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=355433"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=355433"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=355433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}