A court in the southern Turkish province of Adana blocked access to Roblox, one of the most popular online gaming platforms in the world, citing dangers to children, Paralel.Az reports citing BalkanInsight.

“Due to content that could lead to child abuse, access to the game platform called Roblox and its links in app markets has been blocked by the Adana 6th Criminal Court of Peace,” Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Wednesday.

Tunc added that Türkiye will continue to take measures to “to ensure the protection of our children according to our Constitution”.

Roblox is a gaming platform that allows its users to create and publish their own games. The platform is also an online meeting hub for its users, often teenagers.According to Euronews Turkish, Türkiye has the fifth highest number of people in the world using Roblox.

Most recently, Türkiye’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority, BTK, the national communications regulator, blocked access to Instagram on August 2 without stating the reason or duration of the ban.