The Sims FreePlay is a strategiclife simulation game developed by EA Mobile and later with Firemonkeys Studios. It is a freemium version of The Sims for mobile devices; it was released for iOS on December 15, 2011, released for Android on February 15, 2012, released for BlackBerry 10 on July 31, 2013, and released for Windows Phone 8 on September 12, 2013.

The video game was banned in China, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt due to the possibility of establishing a homosexual relationship:

This decision to ban the game due to ”sims” being able to have a homosexual relationship brings the topics of ”the media changing and moulding behaviour”, and further the ideas of authoritarianism and libertarianism. Authoritarianism being the ”Principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action.” Libertarianism being ”Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state’s encroachment on and violations of individual liberties; civil and political rights, bodily autonomy, free association, free trade, freedom of expression”. The choice to ban a game due to the freedom of relationship shows the authority of these countries and how the want to dictate their population and what they are exposed too.