It seems like there is possible other flag ban, with the previous being this but apparently some possible soviet-related asset from a group of mine have been purged and I believe it was one of the shirts based off the soviet national/SSR flags, apparently something-something european union law(?) is why they got removed and it seems like roblox assets such as the Soviet Ushanka are in the process of removing the Hammer and Sickle off of them
Was some new rule introduced or are they still allowed in assets and game designing? since I have dozens of assets based off soviet flags for stuff I’ve created.
i’m pretty sure they’re in the process of scrubbing it from roblox because the soviets have done things comparable to the nazis (or worse in some cases) so treating them both as banned symbols makes a lot of sense.
I looked up soviet flag UGC assets and apparently a ton are content deleted, I think roblox is now starting to purge them, a few assets still remain up
So what do I do at this point? I have dozens of Soviet-related flag assets like decals/shirts for flag related games/groups of mine, so I just wait for roblox to ban me for these? or is there some archive option for the clothing?
I’m pretty sure they’re allowed in some ways, but roblox started slowly removing things like the hammer and sickle symbols somewhere around 2 years ago.
I think it’s for the good that they’re trying to remove stuff like that off the platform, because of the bad things the soviets did.
If i ever owned a war-based game, and was trying to include a country like the USSR inside of it, i would try to make something as close as possible to it, but not fully the same, i would try to “robloxize” it.
For an example, if i had to include a country like the Nazi Germany, i would change the name of it, and make a new flag for it (not including a swastika of course).
TL;DR : Making it more roblox-friendly will do the job better
I checked more and yeah, a ton of UGC items like hats, clothing, and other UGC items involving the USSR or the flag of the USSR have been removed, on 1 item was still around and it’s a offsale USSR flag that goes on the back of your avatar that I believe was uploaded as a test item by it’s creator.
I attempted to make a fictional flag containing the hammer and sickle for a friend’s project set in a setting inspired by that period, but I immediately got a warning for it, so I guess so. Replacing it with a generic star seems okay though.
This is the flag (in which i replaced the hammer and sickle with a star). I don’t think there’s anything else about it that looks like it could refer to the USSR.
Recently got a 1 day ban for a shirt with hammer and sickle that I made for a game, thought it was okay as there is a lot of these on the marketplace and toolbox - but nope!
Then the robot apppeal gets rejected, but the email one… gets accepted what? But I don’t get unbanned tho??
Roblox should really make it much clearer if something is BANNED or NOT, as the Political content rule doesn’t say anything explicitly about broader political symbols.
Roblox Moderation accepted an appeal for the hammer and sickle (which I’m on the fence on whether it should be banned or not, Its too ubiquitous and people’s opinions vary widely)
Meanwhile I get a warning and appeal rejected for the Betsy Ross flag, America’s first official national flag with 13 stars in a circle with the standard 13 red and white stripes.
