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Turkey has blocked Roblox over child exploitation reports

Just five days after blocking Instagram, Turkey has banned Roblox over reports over inappropriate sexual content perceived as exploiting children

An official from the Türkiye Directorate of Communications also cited "promotion of homosexuality" and incentives for children via the game's Robux virtual currency as reasons for the ban. Twitter was briefly blocked in the country last year following an earthquake that killed thousands of people. Earlier this year, the company was accusing it of exploiting child labor and deceptive advertising.

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