UK police investigate 'virtual rape' of girl in metaverse

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UK police officers are investigating a case of alleged sexual assault allegedly taking place in a virtual reality game. A group of strangers allegedly “sexually assaulted” an avatar (digital character) of a teenage girl who was allegedly traumatized by the event.

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UK Police Looking Into Virtual 'Gang Rape' Of Girl's Avatar In Metaverse, But Is Such An Act Even Possible?

In a real world where police are swamped with crimes to investigate, now some in the UK think it’s time to add policing the virtual reality world to their workload, including gang rapes of avatars. According to the Daily Mail, British police are, for what’s believed to be the first time in its history, a virtual sex act on an avatar, a digital rendering of a person, in a Metaverse video game. The act, police say, took place on the avatar of a g…

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Britanska policija preiskuje prvo virtualno posilstvo v metaprostoru

Britanska policija preiskuje prelomni primer domnevnega posilstva v virtualni resničnostni igri. Domnevna žrtev, dekle, mlajše od 16 let, navaja, da je njen avatar "spolno napadla" skupina neznancev v spletnem metaprostoru.

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UK police launch first investigation into virtual rape in metaverse

The girl, allegedly under the age of 16, is said to have been left traumatised after her avatar – her personalised digital character – was "sexually attacked" by a group of online strangers.

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UK police probe virtual gang rape of girl's 'avatar' in metaverse

There have been several reports of virtual sex crimes in Horizon Worlds – a free VR game operated by Meta, the New York Post reported.

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UK Police Investigate First Alleged 'Virtual Rape' in Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse

British authorities are currently investigating an unprecedented case of "virtual sexual assault" involving a minor on Mark Zuckerberg's VR metaverse platform.