Young people are protesting ICE and reenacting immigration raids in online gaming platform Roblox
Culture,Young People,Protests,ICE,Video Games,Children
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 taken to the virtual streets with signs in their avatar's hands in protest, expressing sentiments like "We hate ICE" (all signs are free of expletives, of course, which are banned on Roblox)...
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