US EditionYoung people are protesting ICE and reenacting immigration raids in online gaming platform Roblox
Children and teens stage protests and reenact immigration raids on Roblox, violating platform rules as millions view videos shared on TikTok, reflecting reactions to US immigration enforcement.
- Recently, young Roblox users have staged protests and reenacted immigration raids, dressing in ICE gear and carrying signs during roleplaying sessions on Roblox.
- Responding to recent immigration operations, Giovanni Ramos said youth reenact news and adult talks to understand events and seek social support online.
- Private Brookhaven servers host much of the raid gameplay, and a TikTok account sharing videos has gained millions of views in recent weeks.
- Experts warn roleplaying raids on Roblox could harm immigrant youth emotionally, but observers note virtual connection can be `a lifeline` despite child-safety concerns.
- A company spokesperson said Friday that Roblox's user guidelines prohibit reenacting sensitive events and the company takes `swift action` using moderators, reports, and AI.
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Young people are staging virtual ICE raids and protests on popular gaming platform
Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is the “ultimate virtual universe” where users can “be anything you can imagine,” according to the platform’s website. Recently, some young users have been imagining themselves as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Roblox , the incredibly popular online gaming platform among children and adolescents , is the “definitive virtual universe” where users can “be everything they imagine,” according to their website. Recently, some young people have imagined themselves as agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE). Some users have put on the ICE team and made incursions into a popular role-playing game by Roblox. Other young people on the platfor…
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Roblox , the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers , is the “ultimate virtual universe” where users can “be anything you can imagine,” according to the platform’s website. Recently, some young users have been imagining themselves as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Some users have donned ICE gear and carried out “raids” on a popular roleplaying game within Roblox. Other young people on the platform have t…
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Young people are protesting ICE and reenacting immigration raids in online gaming platform Roblox
Some young people on Roblox, the popular online gaming platform, have been using a roleplaying game to embody Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
In response to the raids of the immigration police and the border police, citizens have set up rapid intervention networks to oppose arrests, document ICE's actions, inform and assist the undocumented.
Protests in Roblox against ICE began to draw attention after young players, mostly Latinos, used the worlds of the video game to organize virtual marches, slogans and symbolic recreations related to immigration raids and immigration policies in the United States. These digital demonstrations are held within open servers of the game, where participants coordinate schedules and spaces to meet, walk in groups and launch written or simulated protest…
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