Thursday 05/February/2026 – 01:00 PM
Lawyer Hani Sameh filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court, Third Circuit for Satellite Broadcasting, registered No. 32894 of Judicial Year 80, challenging the administrative decision issued to block and ban access to the Roblox platform and game inside Egypt.
A lawsuit before the administrative judiciary to cancel the decision to block Roblox in Egypt
The person filing the case requested, as a matter of urgency, a ruling to stop the implementation of the decision and cancel it, along with the consequences that would result from that, most notably lifting the block and removing its effects.
The lawsuit comes in the wake of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation announcing the start of implementing the blocking of Roblox inside Egypt in coordination with the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. The plaintiff confirmed that he does not dispute the state’s inherent duty to protect minors, but stressed that the comprehensive blocking represents a confiscatory measure that affects the essence of digital rights and freedom of access to communication and knowledge services, and has a collective impact on the entire society without detailed justification or testing of less restrictive alternatives, in contravention of the principle of necessity and proportionality.
He pointed out in the lawsuit that Roblox is not a single game in the traditional sense, but rather an interactive platform that includes thousands of experiences and games designed by users, and through the Roblox Studio tool, it allows the creation of digital worlds from scratch and the design and programming of interactions within them, which makes it – according to the newspaper – a space that combines entertainment, content creation, and the acquisition of design, programming, logic, and innovation skills for those who wish.
In a precautionary measure, the newspaper called for canceling the comprehensive blocking decision and replacing it with less restrictive protection measures consistent with constitutional controls and the principle of proportionality, including restricting chatting with strangers by default to minors’ accounts, blocking private messages from non-friends or untrustworthy people, restricting communication for those under 16 to trusted connections, and subjecting the opening of chat, voice, and messaging features to a gradual age verification.
The demands also included activating technical monitoring with artificial intelligence for those under 12 years of age to monitor indicators of luring and exploitation and prevent the sharing of personal data, in addition to a mandatory parental control panel for accounts of this category, with periodic reports of risks and communication attempts and a simplified record of bans and reporting.
