Roblox bans romance and politics in revised community standards
Despite its janky, cartoony-look, Roblox is one of the most popular games in the world, boasting over 40 million daily users. Most of them are kids. So it’s no real surprise then that Roblox has decided to revise their community standards to crack down on subjects such as romance and politics.
According to ScreenRant, the update in the terms of services means that emotes such as “hand-holding and kissing” have been banned completely from the multiplayer game. According to the publication, it’s an update that has left players feeling “baffled and irritated”.
Looking at Roblox’s Community Standards page, the standards are organized into four sections: safety, civility and respect, fairness and transparency, and security and privacy. It’s in these four sections that the Roblox team highlights what is and isn’t allowed to be found on the free-to-play multiplayer game. The two that stands out the most is romance and politics.
In a section called Dating and Romantic Content, the community standard states “Roblox is a safe space for meeting online friends, chatting, and collaborating on creative projects, but we prohibit content that seeks or portrays romantic relationships, including: animations of kissing, hand holding, or other romantic gestures in a romantic context and experiences that depict romantic events, including weddings, dates, and honeymoons”.
As for politics, the standard states that Roblox values “friendly debate about issues and topics that matter to Robloxians”, yet in order to maintain civility in-game certain discussions or depictions of things like current candidates, as well as “desecration of political entity symbols, including flag burning” would lead to players being banned.
This means that any games, for which Roblox has many due to its numerous users that create their own unique, interactive experiences, that depict anything remotely romantic or political will no longer be available. Whether these standards will stay in place remains to be seen.
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