After Instagram, authorities block access to online game Roblox

After Instagram, which was blocked for seven days, Turkey also decided on Wednesday, August 7, to ban the popular online game Roblox, which mainly targets children and teenagers. In a statement published on XMinister of Justice Yilmaz Tunç explains this decision in the presence of “Contents” which may be harmful “children”from “They were the subject of an investigation by the Adana Public Prosecutor's Office.”a city in southern Turkey. Roblox is an online video game platform that also allows you to create your own games.

Meanwhile, access to Instagram has been blocked since August 2 over vague allegations of censorship and the dissemination of illegal content. In response to the authorities’ accusations, the platform claims to have removed, at their request, nearly 2,500 pieces of content in the first six months of 2024.

This attack on social media networks may not stop there: The head of the parliamentary Digital Platforms Committee, Hussein Yayman, confirmed that “Nation” He called for TikTok to be shut down. Istanbul's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, criticized the authorities' position. “unthinkable”.