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ICE Protests Pop Up on Roblox as Kids Organize Virtual Demonstrations: 'FRICK ICE'

As protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts continue around the country, kids have begun creating their own protests online using the popular gaming site Roblox. Videos of such protests have been shared to TikTok, where players can be seen holding signs with anti-ICE slogans behind what appear to be police barricades as sirens flash and whir in the background.

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~~Creator of roblox~~ Early Engineer at roblox, and roblox game maker thinks he should be able to run the world since he worked at roblox.

Its real somehow: https://xcancel.com/Shedletsky/status/1886563357249212846#m ::: spoiler Transcript A tweet by Jon sheletsky (@shedletsky) saying "Silicon Valley built the modern world. Why shouldn’t we run it?. The tweet has 658k views, 70 bookmarks, 70 likes, 460 retweets/quotes and 694 replies. It was posted at 6:52 PM, 2/3/25. :::

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Meta Sues Nudify App That Keeps Advertising on Instagram

Meta said it is suing a nudify app that 404 Media reported bought thousands of ads on Instagram and Facebook, repeatedly violating its policies. Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK Limited, the entity behind the CrushAI nudify app that allows users to take an image of anyone and AI-generate a nude image of them without their consent. Meta said it has filed the lawsuit in Hong Kong, where Joy Timeline HK Limited is based, “to prevent them from advertising CrushAI apps on Meta platforms,” Meta said. In January, 404 Media reported that CrushAI, also known as Crushmate and other names, had run more than 5,000 ads on Meta’s platform, and that 90 percent of Crush’s traffic came from Meta’s platform, a clear sign that the ads were effective in leading people to tools that create nonconsensual media. Alexios Mantzarlis, now of Indicator, was first to report about Crush’s traffic coming from Meta. At the time, Meta told us that “This is a highly adversarial space and bad actors are constantly evolving their tactics to avoid enforcement, which is why we continue to invest in the best tools and technology to help identify and remove violating content.” “This legal action underscores both the seriousness with which we take this abuse and our commitment to doing all we can to protect our community from it,” Meta said in a post on its site announcing the lawsuit. “We’ll continue to take the necessary steps—which could include legal action—against those who abuse our platforms like this.” However, CrushAI is far from the only nudify app to buy ads on Meta’s platforms. Last year I reported that these ads were common, and despite our reporting leading to the ads being removed and Apple and Google removing the apps from their app stores, new apps and ads continue to crop up. To that end, Meta said that now when it removes ads for nudify apps it will share URLs for those apps and sites with other tech companies through the Tech Coalition’s Lantern program so those companies can investigate and take action against those apps as well. Members of that group include Google, Discord, Roblox, Snap, and Twitch. Additionally, Meta said that it’s “strengthening” its enforcement against these “adversarial advertisers.” “Like other types of online harm, this is an adversarial space in which the people behind it—who are primarily financially motivated—continue to evolve their tactics to avoid detection. For example, some use benign imagery in their ads to avoid being caught by our nudity detection technology, while others quickly create new domain names to replace the websites we block,” Meta said. “That’s why we’re also evolving our enforcement methods. For example, we’ve developed new technology specifically designed to identify these types of ads—even when the ads themselves don’t include nudity—and use matching technology to help us find and remove copycat ads more quickly. We’ve worked with external experts and our own specialist teams to expand the list of safety-related terms, phrases and emojis that our systems are trained to detect within these ads.” From what we’ve reported, and according to testing by AI Forensics, a European non-profit that investigates influential and opaque algorithms, in general it seems that content in Meta ads is not moderated as effectively as regular content users post to Meta’s platforms. Specifically, AI Forensics found that the exact same image containing nudity was removed as a normal post on Facebook but allowed when it was part of a paid ad. 404 Media’s reporting has led to some pressure from Congress, and Meta’s press release did mention the passage of the federal Take It Down Act last month, which holds platforms liable for hosting this type of content, but said it was not the reason for taking these actions now. From 404 Media via this RSS feed

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The Download: US climate studies are being shut down, and building cities from lava

This is today’s edition of The Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies The Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants for more than 100 research projects related to climate change, according to an MIT Technology Review analysis of a database that tracks such cuts. The move will cut off what’s likely to amount to tens of millions of dollars for studies that were previously approved and, in most cases, already in the works. Many believe the administration’s broader motivation is to undermine the power of the university system and prevent research findings that cut against its politics. Read the full story. —James Temple This architect wants to build cities out of lava Arnhildur Pálmadóttir is an architect with an extraordinary mission: to harness molten lava and build cities out of it.Pálmadóttir believes the lava that flows from a single eruption could yield enough building material to lay the foundations of an entire city. She has been researching this possibility for more than five years as part of a project she calls Lavaforming. Together with her son and colleague Arnar Skarphéðinsson, she has identified three potential techniques that could change how future homes are designed and built from repurposed lava. Read the full story.—Elissaveta M. Brandon This story is from the most recent edition of our print magazine, which is all about how technology is changing creativity. Subscribe now to read it and to receive future print copies once they land. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 America is failing to win the tech race against ChinaIn fields as diverse as drones and energy. (WSJ $)+ Humanoid robots is an area of particular interest. (Bloomberg $)+ China has accused the US of violating the pair’s trade truce. (FT $) **2 Who is really in charge of DOGE?**According to a fired staffer, it wasn’t Elon Musk. (Wired $)+ DOGE’s tech takeover threatens the safety and stability of our critical data. (MIT Technology Review) 3 Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital dataIt’s the first time citizens will be able to monetize their digital footprint. (Rest of World) 4 The Trump administration’s anti-vaccine stance is stoking fear among scientistsIt’s slashing funding for mRNA trials, and experts are afraid to speak out. (The Atlantic $)+ This annual shot might protect against HIV infections. (MIT Technology Review) 5 Tech companies want us to spend longer talking to chatbotsThose conversations can easily veer into dangerous territory. (WP $)+ How we use AI in the future is up to us. (New Yorker $)+ This benchmark used Reddit’s AITA to test how much AI models suck up to us. (MIT Technology Review) 6 Tiktok’s mental health videos are rife with misinformationA lot of the advice is useless at best, and harmful at worst. (The Guardian) 7 Lawyers are hooked on ChatGPTEven though it’s inherently unreliable. (The Verge)+ Yet another lawyer has been found referencing nonexistent citations. (The Guardian)+ How AI is introducing errors into courtrooms. (MIT Technology Review) 8 How chefs are using generative AI ****They’re starting to experiment with using it to create innovative new dishes. (NYT $)+ Watch this robot cook shrimp and clean autonomously. (MIT Technology Review) 9 The influencer suing her rival has dropped her lawsuitThe legal fight over ownership of a basic aesthetic has come to an end. (NBC News) 10 Roblox’s new game has sparked a digital fruit underground marketAnd players are already spending millions of dollars every week. (Bloomberg $) Quote of the day “We can’t substitute complex thinking with machines. AI can’t replace our curiosity, creativity or emotional intelligence.” —Mateusz Demski, a journalist in Poland, tells the Guardian about how his radio station employer laid him off, only to later launch shows fronted by AI-generated presenters. One more thing ​​****Adventures in the genetic time machineAn ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the past.The technology is being used to create genetic maps of saber-toothed cats, cave bears, and thousands of ancient humans, including Vikings, Polynesian navigators, and numerous Neanderthals. The total number of ancient humans studied is more than 10,000 and rising fast.The old genes have already revealed remarkable stories of human migrations around the globe.But researchers are hoping ancient DNA will be more than a telescope on the past—they hope it will have concrete practical use in the present. Read the full story. —Antonio Regalado We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or skeet ’em at me.) The ancient Persians managed to keep cool using an innovative breeze-catching technique that could still be useful today.+ Knowledge is power—here’s a helpful list of hoaxes to be aware of.+ How said it: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?+ I had no idea London has so many cat statues. From MIT Technology Review via this RSS feed

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Two former Polygon writers are starting a new site

A lot of Polygon’s staff was laid off following Vox Media’s sale of the publication to Valnet, but two of its former guides writers are launching their own guides-focused website: Big Friendly Guide, which you can find at bigfriendly.guide. Ryan Gilliam and Jeffrey Parkin founded and are co-owners of the site. Guides make Gilliam “feel like I’m helping someone enjoy something that’s very important to me and I know is important to them,” he tells The Verge. “And so when I lost the opportunity to do that at my usual 9-to-5, I wanted to continue it.” “I hate sounding immodest or bragging, but what Ryan and I got really good at was helping people play video games,” Parkin says. Their work on guides helps people have fun with games, he adds — and assists with things like getting a giant horse in Zelda. Big Friendly Guide will make most of its content available for free, and the guides themselves won’t be paywalled. But Gilliam and Parkin will also be opening a Patreon for the site as a way for people to support the work, which will also give people access to a Discord. There will be a weekly podcast that’s free for everyone and a monthly subscriber-only podcast where Gilliam and Parkin will discuss their coverage plans. There will be ads on the site to start. “For now, at least, we’ll run ads to keep the lights on,” according to the site’s About Us page.) But the focus is more on building a community that trusts Gilliam and Parkin’s work and pays to support it. In addition to working on guides for games that interest them, Gilliam and Parkin want the community to make suggestions for guides that they can consider and respond to. The release of Big Friendly Guide is just the latest outlet from Polygon staffers: former editor-in-chief Chris Plante launched the Post Games podcast and former curation editor Pete Volk launched the PV Guide newsletter. The new outlets follow the rise of other indie gaming publications like Aftermath and Game File. With Big Friendly Guide, Gilliam and Parkin have modest expectations. “We’re not looking to build a brand and sell it or anything,” Parkin says. “I don’t think either of us want to get particularly rich. We want to keep doing this. That’s really what it comes down to.” From The Verge via this RSS feed

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Oh no

i don’t understand the appeal of stuff like roblox. i played second life back in 2003 and it was boring as shit to me then. robox just seems like the kid-focused version of that in 2025. and yet three of my nephews are addicted to it.

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Gen Z is killing the video game industry.

Can’t afford new hardware or a new game? simply play the ones you already have for longer by replacing and changing everything about it! any game can be roblox if you spend a decade modding it

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New York Times interviews Roblox CEO

It’s only fair that they should represent an opportunity for Roblox after all the opportunities Roblox has provided them.

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Weekly Israel BS: Random Near Death Experience

So I was just having my daily routine ,studying chess theory and playing bullet games on chess.com before my class begins ,I went on to Roblox to a game called Dragon Ball Online Generations now called Dragon generations ,and then to a random soccer game and got lost in the sauce a little bit and went out a lot after my class had already begun ,my classes start at 9:30 today . I left the house at 10 I believe to go a place in the city where you take a service taxi that gets you to the Uni for 3.5 shekels ,when I went to the place ,it was closed and I didn’t know why ,there were taxis near it so I went in with the non cheap way and payed the 15 shekels and entered uni as usual ,during my class near the end of it ,I looked at my phone and saw that my mom and dad had called me and texted me a bunch of times about how there were lots of soldiers and that they were very worried ,when I went back hone with the taxi ,he would talk about how a man there was shot while eating with his friends in the martyr square ,the place I went to late today ,it then hit me that I very much could have been killed had I actually went during the time I usually go out in ,cause the murder happened precisely at the time I go out The man that died did nothing btw ,they just shot him cause they are ghouls and to remind you all this in the west bank ,NOT in the Gaza Strip and in a relatively safe city within the west bank I don’t know what to say