US EditionICE Protests Pop Up on Roblox as Kids Organize Virtual Demonstrations: 'FRICK ICE'
- Seventeen-Year-Old Simon Gutierrez organized a protest against ICE on Roblox yesterday after he was barred from attending real-life 'No Kings' protests this past weekend.
- The online protests follow nationwide offline demonstrations sparked by President Trump's recent escalation of mass deportations and increased ICE raids, which have sparked widespread criticism and legal threats.
- Thousands of Roblox players engage in virtual protests against ICE by storming through blockades, displaying Mexican flags, and confronting others dressed as law enforcement, while footage of these activities circulates widely on TikTok.
- Support for the protests is reflected in polls showing 47 percent nationwide disapproval of Trump's crackdown, with a 58 percent disapproval rate in California, and protest slogans like 'ICE Out of California' appear in both virtual and offline actions.
- These virtual and offline protests illustrate young people's urge to express dissent amid limited real-life protest access, suggesting digital platforms like Roblox are becoming emerging spaces for civic engagement.
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This Teen Organized a Roblox Protest Against ICE For Other Kids Who Were Too Young
Kids are speaking out against Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in their own way — via video games! One passionate teen started a virtual protest against ICE on Roblox on June 12 after not being able to attend the raids that happened all over the country. A 17-year-old high school student Simon Gutierrez organized the Roblox protest against ICE, per an article written by Taylor Lorenz for User Mag, which was picked up by Teen Vogue…
Trump's ICE raids descend upon videogame as players terrorized by 'arrests'
Players of the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game, or MMORPG, Roblox are terrorizing other players by conducting their own "immigration raids," posing in the game as ICE agents. Players have their avatar dress up as an ICE agent and break into the homes of other players to "arres...
Kids are turning Roblox into a virtual protest ground against ICE
As anti-ICE protests intensify across the country, kids are turning the social gaming platform Roblox into a protest ground online. Last week, thousands took to the streets to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Meanwhile, on Roblox, avatars faced off with players dressed in police SWAT gear in the popular Brookhaven roleplay world (based on the real city of Brookhaven, Georgia), as Taylor Lorenz first reported in User Mag. …
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