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Russia Bans Roblox

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn41q11gy58o
27•disqard•1h ago

Comments

compass_copium•38m ago
good
nvch•37m ago
"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day"
ch2026•37m ago
Incidentally nobody in Russia can read that article because they already banned the BBC and 80 other EU media outlets. And Facebook. And Instagram. And Twitter. And Discord.

This is standard Russian censorship of western media and news.

Andrew_nenakhov•30m ago
Everybody in Russia who is not a complete idiot already has a VPN that allows to circumvent censorship (for now).

Source: I'm in Russia now.

In the end it'll likely end with whitelists of allowed IP addresses, and that will indeed insure that nobody would be able to access banned resources.

grishka•26m ago
> In the end it'll likely end with whitelists of allowed IP addresses

I already had this idea of tunneling traffic through the voice/video calls in the Max messenger app. No one has done it in practice, yet, but I see no reason why it should not be possible.

Обход блокировок, который ловит даже на парковке ;)

ch2026•9m ago
yeah. i updated zapret with roblox IPs today. It was more just pointing out to HN this has nothing to do with Roblox itself, aside from Roblox provides unmonitored access to westerners.
grishka•30m ago
Yes, we have to use censorship circumvention tools to make the internet usable. Especially when it's mobile data. About a year ago I got fed up enough that I bought an OpenWRT router and installed Zapret on it. Now, at least while at home, I can mostly forget that internet censorship is a thing.
Alex2037•20m ago
Zapret isn't good enough, because a lot of random websites geoblock RU via Cloudflare. you'd be better off with a VPN running on a cheap VPS.
johncolanduoni•9m ago
VPNs on cheap VPSes are blocked quite a lot too.
grishka•9m ago
Of course I also have a VPN that I selectively route traffic through, in just these kinds of situations.
SanjayMehta•8m ago
Russia Today et al are banned in the EU.

This is standard European censorship of Russian media and news.

booi•12m ago
I don’t get it. Roblox is an American company. Wouldn’t the pretty broad sanctions prevent them from operating there already?
johncolanduoni•8m ago
Some stuff on Roblox is free, perhaps they were only enjoined from accepting payments?
briantakita•11m ago
Roblox has been banned in China since 2021. Perhaps it's something to do with nationalist governments not liking global corporate circumvention of their culture/power.
excalibur•8m ago
The unsafe and extremist content is coming from INSIDE the Kremlin.

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