ROBLOX GOT BANNED

roblox got banned in turkey
oh hello there.

[willietonka]

An authoritarian government will take any excuse to suppress means of dissent.

[AbnormalAbnorman]

They say it's for the kids and they're probably lying, but regardless the amount of NSFW that manages to slide by on Roblox is so goofy it honestly probably unintentionally protected some kids regardless.

[radicaIized]

Roblox has too much gooner shit anyways

[mr.master]

Turkey banning Roblox to restrict the spread of information is bad.

But banning Roblox for poor moderations is actually a valid reason!

[Ariento]

"We're banning Roblox to protect the children."

"From predators right?

...right?"

[_gv]

you cant just flash me with "ROBLOX GOT BANNED" 😭

[tiseril]

Pros: Less children will be groomed
Cons: Less things for children to play

[hilmikapukaya]

as a turkish man this is the equivelent of

"oh theres traffic lets stop riding cars and just walk to where we want to go all the time"

[digglesgiggless]

Likely a complete lie, but also NOT considering how much NSFW is all over roblox, from clothing items to condo games.

I literally opened the marketplace yesterday to look for new face masks and saw a boob implant accessory. 💀

[Chicken_does_nothing]

fun fact: roblox has only around 1, 500 human moderators on their site. MOST of their moderation is done by shitty ai systems
gee i wonder why child safety is such an issue on roblox

[hakai]

at least they’re safe from roblox pedos

[KwikkieMart]

tbf, child exploitation, child-endangerment and modern child slavery is a good reason to ban Roblox over, I'm still surprised its actually still running as is.

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*Yes my pfp is made by AI, the Bing ai to be exact!

[smarcior]

Roblox moderation now days is bad. A lot of new UGCs (User Generated Content) on the Catalog with items are Boobs & Copyrighted stuff, and that is not a joke.

[exstacc]

at 7:00 I've worked as a roblox developer before. Most I made was 250$ in 2 weeks for like 10 or 15 hours of work, so here's the thing:

Developing is completely inaccessible to younger smaller developers who don't have access to advertising money. Tools to learn the methods of scripting aren't free and easy to understand, but I guess that's because the language isn't easy to understand.

Roblox does only pay their developers a fraction of what they make for Roblox, it's part of Roblox's method to promote really good games, by starving the developers of any success for as long as possible and as far as possible, and incentivize trying as hard as you possibly can and still failing because its just not enough.

So yes, Roblox does exploit children for their money and time (labor) by underpaying them SYSTEMATICALLY and its just accepted since nobody wants to unionize.

Additionally, gambling ran rampant on roblox for literally nearly a decade after it was created because they also allowed alts and robux selling sites to run rampant. Looking back is seeing how brightly their teeth shine in the light.

[festerma]

my friend who lives in turkey says its a shithole there, the government pretends to care about its people but doesnt, and from what she says i wont be too suprised when it becomes a dictatorship there

[Micha-Hil]

could have added the (in turkey) at the end bru

[GDskypulse]

Turkey also banned most VPNs, making it basically impossible (without workarounds) to access the banned sites.

[genericfriend]

I've been on Roblox for 15 years at this point. All we can do is watch as things burn around us. Ruben is the filthy frank of roblox, but sometimes makes a point. He's called for repeated attacks on the furry community when we don't even care about him,

[villagerlama]

at least their children are playing minecraft now

[DecoyTwo-yvtn]

I can see why they would ban it, Roblox hasn’t been the same since 2022…