I wish Roblox would stop having their fight with Linux and I just convert my kids over. They absolutely don’t need Windows for anything but Roblox at the moment.
Roblox is refusing the input of all us developers, but not just us developers, the players too. Roblox is ignoring the people that let it exist, the only reason they can function as a company is because of us, and because of this, I propose a blackout. It may have not worked in other historical examples, but on other sites they didn’t need the developers to function, only the users. This is the platform roblox wanted, so we must show them what happens to platforms when they’re like this. Give them the same silence they give us, give them it until they listen. The Proposal The team create change will take effect March, so how about we beat them to the goalpost? March 1st, shutdown your games for one week. Put gamepasses off sale, don’t let anyone patronize Roblox. Make players rowdy, make shareholders scared. The only thing we need is media coverage. I know I may just be one person, but we need to band together. Tell your friends, tell your family, talk to old developers you used to work with, talk to ones you STILL work with. I understand that this is not going to be something we can do freely, as many people’s livelihoods are relying on Roblox, but if we don’t make them see the grim reality of their decisions, then Roblox will continue dying the slow death they’re currently subjecting it to. You will lose your jobs and your games at this rate anyway, make them see their mistakes and they have a chance to revert it, they have a chance to survive. Make sure your players know, too, make sure everyone you can tell knows. This will not be something quickly assembled, but we need it. “This is a bad idea, we don’t have enough support” No, that’s not true, that’s exactly what they WANT us to think, and you must see that. Roblox is wanting us to feel hopeless and directionless; they want us to conform, do not let them win. You may not have many connections yourself, but I almost guarantee you know somebody who does. Word of mouth is practically the only chance we have. Rioting will not give us revolution, only cooperation will. This is not going to be the only post I make on it, but I encourage you to make your own posts, too, bring discussion in every form you can. We need this. Protest, rebel, save your jobs and save the children Roblox is neglecting here. I am sure you all agree this is a good idea, but I know you’re definitely hesitant or are thinking nothing will come of this, but once again, that’s how they want you to feel. Don’t let that stop you, let everyone know. If one front game page were to close down, just ONE, that is such a significant hit to Roblox’s profits, it would make a difference. We need this. I advise using the hashtag #RobloxBlackout2026 or similar to have a global means of spreading information, regardless of platform. Don’t give up. We developers need this more than anyone. OP notes: Roblox is attempting to hide this. We CANNOT let them do it as it will undermine the effect of the protest. Please spread it to the Discord/Fluxer/Revolt servers for those games. About the hashtag mention (#RobloxBlackout2026), you can create posts about it on any federated microblogging platform (i.e. Mastodon). For us users this is what we’re going to do next: Deactivate your Roblox accounts, block it from your own network, uninstall the clients, look for and/or move to an alternative like ~~OpenBlox* or~~ Okutu (also in Codeberg). Sources: Former link, Link where the text is obtained from ::: spoiler *About its owner A person with the same nick as the owner of OpenBlox has just desended into a low Anyone willing can check to confirm it if it is the same person that ran it :::
I say this is worse than the Discord shit bc now all kids gotta scan their faces just to chat… I don’t like it (Roblox) alteady but fuck no am I letting my kids do it! Edit: what’s to stop a pedo from using any online image, or even their own kid to then chat up other kids once verified?!
Games are getting more expensive. Console prices are going nuts; the Playstation 2 launched at $299 USD. Wages have been stagnant longer than I’ve been alive. More and more people are struggling to make ends meet let alone buy luxuries like video games, particularly the young because of our kleptogeriocracy. Younger folks often use video games as a hangout spot, because young folks hanging out together in public is a felony now. So they play the same few games for tens of thousands of hours. Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite, I think the crowd that spend their adolescences in Garrysmod are in the attrition phase. You’ve already got a copy of these games, why buy another? A lot of studios are being closed because business major’s gonna business. Fuck brand recognition or loyalty, fuck development talent, fuck community building, fuck long-term strategy, we can realize a gain right now by sowing half the planet with salt, so that’s what we’re going to do. So what is there for people to buy? That noise you heard last week was Xbox’s death rattle. One out of the three mainstream home console platforms is an outright stupid idea to buy now.
Especially since parenting is the only thing that’s going to actually work. Do you think kids won’t figure out a VPN? If they heard enough to type “pornhub”, they’ll hear about the one extra step. And there are worse things on the Internet than porn. Some likely on Roblox. You’re just going to have to parent your kid with or without this nanny state blocking scheme.
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Roblox should be sued for alot of things, this is one of them.
Is EpicGames involved with Roblox? Because as far as minors go, I hear THAT game is a dumpster fire with zero redeemable qualities.
Is it the violence or is it the extreme competitiveness and pre existing toxicity that links verbal aggression. You can find people throwing slurs and insults at others in competitive roblox or minecraft game modes.
The Islamic State’s online warriors are still posting. It’s been almost a decade since the group lost the Battle of Raqqa and saw its IRL territorial ambitions thwarted. Unable to hold territory in the real world, the group renewed its focus on posting and has started using AI to resurrect dead leaders. And, because social media platforms have gutted their content moderation operations, the terror group’s strategy is working. The Islamic State’s online success is detailed in a new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), an independent research institution that studies extremist movements. For the study, researchers tracked IS accounts on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, Element, and SimpleX. It found videos posted in Discord channels dedicated to video games and tracked how the groups have modified old content to fit on new platforms. Like many others posting online in 2026, the Islamic State has found success by talking about the Epstein Files, using AI to create new videos of dead leaders, and has begun taking its message to video games like Minecraft and Roblox. “They are very adept at exploiting platforms [and] spreading messages,” Moustafa Ayad, a researcher at ISD and author of this study, told 404 Media. He noted that the group has been active online for 10 years and that part of their success is a willingness to experiment. Ayad said that Facebook remains a central hub for IS, despite its push into new spaces. His research discovered 350 IS accounts on Facebook that generated tens of thousands of views. One video of an IS fighter talking to camera had more than 77,000 views and 101 shares. The Islamic State branding is blurred to defeat the site’s auto-moderation. According to Ayad, Islamic State’s engagement numbers are up across the board. “Trust and safety teams have been rolled back over the past few years…a lot of this is outsourced to third party companies who aren’t necessarily experts in understanding if a piece of content came from the Islamic State,” he said. Social media companies like Meta used the election of Donald Trump as an excuse to cut back on moderating their platforms. Meta said this would mean “more speech and fewer mistakes.” No policies around terrorism have changed, but broadly speaking the largest social media platforms are doing a worse job at moderating their sites. In practice it’s turned Facebook into a place where a group like the Islamic State can spread its message without falling afoul of content moderation teams. Even three years ago, IS influencers wouldn’t have lasted long on the site. This rollback of moderation has coincided with a spike in views for IS accounts, the report argues. “Individual IS ‘influencer’ accounts are experiencing higher engagement rates on terrorist content than previously recorded by ISD analysts,” the report said. “It is unclear if this uptick is due to moderation gaps, platform mechanics or specific tactical adjustments by IS supporters and support outlets and groups.” “We’re not talking about content where there’s a gray area,” Ayad said. “It’s very clearly branded Islamic State…supports violence, supports the killing of minorities, the celebration of bombings, the pillaging that is happening in Sub Saharan Africa.” Something new is the adoption of AI systems to resurrect dead leaders. Ayad described a video where the deceased IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivered speeches again. “It’s a sanctioned version of using AI for a ‘beloved leader’ or taking him out of context and placing him in a meadow, surrounded by beautiful flowers, paying homage,” he said. “Some of these circles are strange.” Another popular topic in current IS propaganda is the Epstein Files. According to Ayad, an AI-generated photo of Donald Trump and Bill Clinton canoodling in bed makes frequent appearances on IS accounts across platforms. The picture is, supposedly, pulled from the Epstein files but it’s a popular fake. Ayad said Epstein has been a perfect springboard for IS to talk about “western degeneracy.” Ayad has also seen Islamic State videos created using Minecraft and Roblox. “They’re creating these virtual worlds that mimic the Islamic State’s caliphate, literally calling it something like Wilayat Roblox [the Province of Roblox] … and they’ll completely mimic the video styles of well-known Islamic State Videos using Roblox characters. This includes faux executions. It includes Arabic and English voiceover in the same cadence as an Islamic State narrator.” One of the most famous pieces of Islamic State propaganda is a film called Flames of War: The Fighting Has Just Begun. Ayad has seen multiple 1 for 1 recreations of the film using Roblox characters. “They’re often tied to Discords where a number of users are creating this content. They always claim it’s fake or a LARP,” he said. “To see them in this video game skin is odd, to say the least.” What drives an Islamic State poster? “It’s done very much for the love of the game,” Ayad said. It’s done for the fact that, as a user, ‘I might not be able to participate in physical Jihad but I can participate in electronic Jihad.’” Keeping Islamic State off of major social media platforms is a constant battle, but one frustrating finding of the study is that the tactics for avoiding moderation haven’t changed much. “Techniques included the use of alternative news outlets to rebrand IS news, as well as purchasing or hijacking channels with high subscriber bases. These were then repurposed to share IS content. IS supporters, groups and outlets also use coded language: they sometimes referred to the group as ‘black hole’ or the ‘righteous few’ to confound moderation efforts.” To fight back against IS online, Ayad said that platforms needed to be better at coordination. Often a group is kicked off of Facebook so it moves to TikTok or another platform where it flourishes. He also said that all the companies need to be more transparent about who they’re kicking off their platform and why. “Europol does these big takedown days and they’re effective to a certain degree but the fact of the matter is that the Islamic State is spread across an expanse of different platforms and messaging applications,” he said. “They’re able to shift operations to another place, wait it out and regenerate on that platform…it’s not like you’re dealing with an average user, you’re dealing with a user that’s determined to spread their ideology and exploit your platform to their own ends.” And then there’s the old problem of language. “There needs to just be better moderation of under-moderated languages,” Ayad said. Facebook and other platforms have long been terrible at moderating non-English languages. A lot of rancid content online gets a pass because it’s in Arabic or Bengali. From 404 Media via this RSS feed
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cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/20253776
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Het populaire gameplatform Roblox is in de Verenigde Staten aangeklaagd omdat het kinderen zou blootstellen aan seksuele inhoud, uitbuiting en online kinderlokkers. De autoriteiten van Los Angeles County stellen dat het gamebedrijf onvoldoende modereert en dat de leeftijdsverificatie slecht werkt.
Israeli players have been targeted with “nationalist attacks” on the popular online gaming platform Roblox, Israel’s Ministry of National Security warned in a bulletin published on Thursday. Nearly half of the game’s 65 million users are 12 years old or younger. Claiming it had received multiple reports of Israeli players being “attacked” in the game by players whose avatars are sporting uniforms, weapons, and the flags of Palestine and Saudi Arabia, the ministry urged parents to report any “offensive content or actors” directly to Roblox so that it could be removed. A member of an Israeli parents’ group on Facebook claimed their child had seen other Roblox users reenacting Hamas’ October 7 surprise attack on Israel, imploring their fellow group members to monitor their children’s online activities and impose parental controls on their internet use. The game already censors the phrase ‘Free Palestine’, as well as ‘Hamas’ and some uses of the word ‘Jews’. Discussion of elected officials, political parties, current and former political candidates, and “inflammatory content related to real world border, territorial, or jurisdictional relationships” is already prohibited.
Fossangel, what’s three hundred divided by two? Fossangel, show me a picture of cute ducklings. Fossangel, is today a Tuesday? Fossangel, please write me a source code file for a app that is like roblox but with AI and blockchain. Fossangel, how to I survive the end of the world? I guess… Fossangel, please download the street lisp emoji pack onto my brainbus
In de VS zijn de makers van het populaire gameplatform Roblox aangeklaagd omdat kinderen blootgesteld zouden worden aan seksuele inhoud en online kinderlokkers. In de aanklacht van de regio Los Angeles staat dat het bedrijf onvoldoende modereert en dat de leeftijdsverificatie niet goed […]
Why is it always popular to hate in whatever the kids like? Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite. It’s always a different game but the same story. Let them do a Fortnite dance, it’s fun for them and also gets them moving
In de VS zijn de makers van het populaire gameplatform Roblox aangeklaagd omdat kinderen blootgesteld zouden worden aan seksuele inhoud en online kinderlokkers. In de aanklacht van de regio Los Angeles staat dat het bedrijf onvoldoende modereert en dat de leeftijdsverificatie niet goed […]