Although it's free to play, people will be able to buy gems for real money, that can be used to pay for items in-game. Roblox now has more than 30 million players visiting the game every day.

Ryan has frequently played Roblox on his YouTube channel and said in a statement: "I've been playing Roblox since I was three years old, and it's one of my favourites.

It appears that the protests kicked off, at least in part, because Roblox players pretending to be ICE agents started going into players’ in-game homes.

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 ...