Roblox brought new security updates! – Is it reopened in Turkey?
Roblox, which has millions of users worldwide and was closed in Turkey by BTK in August 2024, is making important updates and clarifications to reopen the application.
The company, which announced in the past months that negotiations are continuing to open an office in Turkey and bring the popular game back to its users, has now come up with important innovations that will protect the safety of child players. After these updates, which include parental controls and children’s in-game messaging, expectations for the application to be relaunched soon have increased.
THE CAUSE WAS EXPLAINED AS CHILD ABUSE
In the access ban decision announced on the website of the Information Technologies Authority (BTK), the following statements were used: “Roblox.com has been blocked from access by the decision of the Adana 6th Criminal Court of Peace dated 07/08/2024 and numbered 2024/5282 D. İş.” Minister Yılmaz Tunç emphasized that the reason was child abuse and said, “The negative use of technology is never acceptable. Everyone who thinks about the future of our country and our nation and is in a position of responsibility should approach such situations targeting our children with sensitivity and stay away from populist and irresponsible discourses. He explained the obstacle with the following words: “Attempts to dynamite our social structure, abuse of children, encouragement of violence, activities that will negatively affect the development of our children, each of whom is a gem, will never be allowed.”
UPDATE FOR CHILDREN’S SAFETY!
In light of these developments, the game company announced this new update package that prioritizes children’s safety. Here is Roblox’s security statement…
“Roblox’s announcements include security protections built into the platform, major updates to parental controls, content tagging, and new limits for younger users.”
As of Monday, November 18:
THERE ARE STEPS TO OPEN AN OFFICE IN TURKEY
Roblox, which was blocked from access in August, also announced that it would open an office in Turkey after the ban was lifted. In their statement, company officials stated that they had previously removed the content subject to the ban and said, “We are trying to figure out why we were banned.” He informed that they are in talks with relevant institutions, especially BTK, to solve the problem.
THERE ARE OVER 380 MILLION USERS
According to the statement made in August 2024, when the popular gaming platform was blocked, it is emphasized that there are over 380 million users worldwide. This is approximately twice the size of Steam, one of the most important applications in the computer game market, and three times the size of the world-famous Sony PlayStation. It is emphasized that Roblox has over 15 million users in Turkey.
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