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Shadow banning, also called stealth banning, hell banning, ghost banning, and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not readily apparent to the user, regardless of whether the action is taken by an individual or an algorithm.
Roblox: roblox.com roblox.com Gaming Multilingual December 2021 – present Blocked (Separate Chinese version exists) Equestria Daily equestriadaily.com www.equestriadaily.com Online Community English April 2022 – August 2023 and August 2023 – present Partially blocked, sometimes could be accessed normally, sometimes inaccessible Steam Store
North Korea has banned Roblox because the game allows users to chat with others worldwide, violating its laws on isolation. Oman has banned Roblox due to explicit and inappropriate content, along with concerns about hacking and scamming. Turkey has banned Roblox because the platform contains content that may lead to gambling and child sexual abuse.
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On the Internet, a block or ban is a technical measure intended to restrict access to information or resources. Blocking and its inverse, unblocking, may be implemented by the owners of computers using software.
The Roblox ban came after Turkey blocked access to social media platform Instagram last week, a move it said was due to Instagram not abiding by certain laws and public sensitivities.
Singapore has banned games in the past and still occasionally does (including a ban on arcades nationwide from 1983 to the 1990s). [ citation needed ] With the implementation of the Video Game Classification in 2008 by the Media Development Authority , most games are widely available for purchase to their respective age group, such as those ...
PunkBuster is a computer program that is designed to detect software used for cheating in online games.It does this by scanning the memory contents of the local machine. A computer identified as using cheats may be banned from connecting to protected servers.