After Instagram, which was blocked for seven days, Turkey also decided to ban the popular online game Roblox, which mainly targets young people.
roblox banned in Türkiye
In a statement Posted on (Formerly Twitter), Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunç justifies the decision by citing content that could be harmful to children, which was the subject of an investigation by the public prosecutor's office in the southern Turkish city of Adana.
Roblox is an online video game platform that also allows you to create such games. According to the App Store and Google Play Store, Roblox has collected more than 41 million downloads in Turkey since its launch in January 2015, worth $37.5 million.
The ban has sparked a backlash from netizens on social network X. Meanwhile, access to Instagram has been blocked since August 2 over vague accusations of censorship and spreading illegal content.
Ban after Instagram ban
In response to the authorities’ accusations, the platform claims that it has removed, upon their request, nearly 2,500 pieces of content during the first six months of 2024. But this blocking of Instagram came after accusations of censorship by the Turkish presidency, alleging that the platform had “Preventing people from posting messages of condolence for the martyrdom of (Hamas leader Ismail) Haniyeh”Killed in Tehran.
This attack on social media networks may not stop there: the head of the parliamentary committee on digital platforms, Hüseyin Yayman, confirmed that the nation is demanding the closure of TikTok.
For his part, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu condemned the authorities' position. “unthinkable”. “Those who make these decisions are minds ignorant of the new world, economy and technology.”His reaction was on.
