L'Arabia Saudita proibisce 47 videogiochi dopo il suicidio di due adolescenti

Non è chiara la correlazione tra la Blue Whale Challenge e i videogiochi prima citati.

Neanche la signora in giallo riuscirebbe a capirlo...

Non cerchiami gli istigatori ma i videogames che non c'entrano nulla.

Non vedo cosa altro aspettarsi da un paese di trogloditi.
Sono in pieno medioevo.. solo che sono pieni di soldi per via del petrolio.

I’m Kuwaiti, but whatever happens in Saudi communities also bleeds into ours (being brethren neighbours). The problem here is our traditional media outlets—they RARELY EVER fact check.

Rarely do these douchebags report the truth in matters such as these, making sensational headlines to grab attention. The gaming community here along with Arab gaming websites and personalities all over are fighting back really hard on social media, explaining exactly what’s going on along with describing, from scratch, how consoles and platforms have tools to help with parental controls, explaining how the age rating system here works, etc.

Even the official PlayStation Saudi Arabia twitter account reacted and posted guides on how to use such tools.

[U]It’s crazy when your society just believes any random bullshit spreading via WhatsApp groups or social media, giving credit to members of press that don’t freaking fact check, AT TIMES EVEN REFUSE to report the truth in favor of attention.[/U]

Meanwhile, parents who record videos of their kids crying because someone told them in Fortnite via voice chat that they’ll, and I quote: “blow up your dad” and blaming video games for their kids being shocked at such behavior is insane. These parents allow their kids to play games way out of their age rating. They record their kids, sitting in the front seat of a car without their seatbelt even on, crying about being bullied on from online games while their parents driving and speeding on a highway...

Bad parenting does not excuse any of this shit and we’re freaking tired of it.

Sorry I sounded like I was ranting—and I was, but it is really embarassing to read how similarly it’s being reported by western outlets.

Those games were banned in KSA for various reasons. The public authority has been working on unbanning some of these (they’ve hired employees with gaming backgrounds lately to work with them on researching and regulating), and they’ve been making progress, but no one will report that to you.

Just when things get good for us here, crap like this comes up and effs things up for a while.

I’d also like to acknowledge that this issue isn’t exclusive to us here in the Arab world. It’s everywhere, and it requires quite the effort to fight back and educate everyone.