What's happening on Roblox: They kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl.

The echoes of the ban on access to Instagram in Turkey continue, and the online gaming platform Roblox, which has 15 million users, has also been blocked. We spoke with author Orhan Toker, who is known for his research on the effects of the digital age on children, about the events in the platform accused of hosting content that will lead to the abuse of children.

Toker, who has been following Roblox for a long time and initially stated that it was a useful platform, said, "Roblox is an open gaming platform. It contains many games that Roblox itself and developers have put in. In this platform, children could enter an infinite game universe with their own imagination and play games with their friends in the environment they designed. They could have fun and learn foreign languages from their friends; however, with the pandemic, bad content started to enter the games on the platforms" he used the expressions.

"THEY LURED CHILDREN INTO SEXUAL CONTENT VIRTUAL GAMES"

Toker continued his words as follows: "Since everyone can design games in Roblox as they wish, pedophilic individuals designed inappropriate games that they could attract children to. They invited children into these sexual content virtual games with the promise of giving Roblox money."

They provoke children who are in conflict with their families and in adolescence and encourage them to run away from home. They make negative suggestions about their countries and religions. They also guess their locations from the IP addresses of younger children and blackmail them by saying, "We know where you live. If you don't send us this much money or your sister's photo, we will come to your house in the evening and harm you and your family."

9 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN EUROPE

Giving an example of a tragic incident, Toker stated that a 15-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped by being persuaded against her family. Orhan Toker also stated that 9 people were arrested in Europe due to pedophilic activities in the game.

Toker also stated that the age limit on the platform does not mean anything, "For a game for ages 10 and above, you have to choose "13 and above" or "13 and below" at the entrance. Young children enter different birth dates to access more enjoyable games. Pedophilic accounts also enter the servers of young children by registering themselves as under 13 years old," he said.

"THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY INVOLVED IN GAMES"

Toker also said, "The parental control of the platform is not sufficient, it only works well in terms of "bad words, swearing". There is a lot of money involved in games targeted by pedophilic users. There are high-priced secret invitations, and the platform ignores this situation because it benefits from such spending," he said.