Gulf News reached out to UAE’s Telecom and Regulatory Authority (TRA), and a spokesperson for the authority confirmed that the platform is not banned in the UAE as of now. Based on our check, Roblox is available to download through iOS App Store and Android Play Store on UAE devices.
In 2018, Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, UAE’s Attorney General, had issued an order blocking the websites and online platforms of certain electronic games, including My Friend Cayla, Blue Whale, Cloud Pets, Roblox and Mariam.
Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that allows the consumer to play and play games formatted by other users. Specified in 2004 through David Baszuki and Eric Kasel and released in 2006, the platform hosts a number of user-created games coded in the programming language Lua.
By late 2020, the company said more than 31 million users daily were diving into Roblox on mobile, desktop, or console devices and cumulatively spending billions of hours there. The company, Roblox Corp founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, was valued at over US$29.5 billion in January.
Roblox responded to the incident and said, “The incident involved one bad actor that was able to subvert our protective systems and exploit one instance of a game running on a single server.” The offender was banned, Roblox said in a statement, which was published later in TechRadar.
Users create their own games, And are allowed to chat with other users. In 2018, Roblox was banned in the UAE for damaging children’s health.
Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that allows the consumer to play and play games formatted by other users.
Basically, Roblox wants developers to create games that are suitable for players from everywhere in the world and align with laws from their other countries, starting with China.
What is Roblox. Roblox is an online multiplayer game where players can create their own games. Users can role-play, go on adventures and play user-generated games. and all Friends to connect to enjoy games. Each user has his or her own avatar and can purchase goods with Rubox, which is Robox's own currency name.
Roblox, UAE Attorney-General, aimed at children between 8 and 15 years of age. Hamad was one of several websites blocked at the behest of Al Shamsi. Some parents said their children were saddened by the move, in a discussion on the Abu Dhabi Q&A Facebook page.
Sadly, yes. I don’t know why. You may have to ask someone else that, but from my research, ROBLOX is banned in Jordan, United Arab Emirates, North Korea and most well-known, the UAE. It may be because of bad language, swearing or something else but people in that country are completely BANNED from playing ROBLOX.
As I’ve mentioned before, Roblox is a massively online multiplayer game. Users chat and create their own games. Moderation is not perfect, and it’s possible that potential threats and inappropriate content could’ve been flagged by the UAE. Although moderation is very strict on Roblox, some things will get past.