Moscow's ban on the U.S. gaming platform hit a nerve in a way that its bans on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube have not.

The Russian government bans Roblox, citing distribution of extremist and terrorist content that adds to the platform's troubled year.

But separate from its usefulness as a thin pretext for the continued repression of basic civil rights, Roblox is also a ...

Sunday saw dozens of Russians protesting in the Siberian City of Tomsk against the country's ban on the U.S.-native ...