UK police investigating potential rape of 16 year old in Metaverse virtual reality game

[britporn_mike]

Remember this is in "Metaverse" not on the high street, is this a waste of police time and money or the way of the future when it comes to virtual reality and AI.



"Police investigate 'rape' in metaverse after group of men attack girl in virtual reality room"

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/police-inves ... metaverse/


"The girl, who is aged under 16, was using a headset to access a VR room when adult men attacked her avatar.

She was not injured given the assault happened within an immersive reality game, but she is said to be psychologically and emotionally traumatised.

Details about the case have reportedly been kept under wraps to protect the child amid concern a prosecution for the online assault is not viable.

It has led to questions over whether police time is being wasted investigating such problems when it has a backlog of real rape cases to deal with.

But home secretary James Cleverly told LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast: "I know it is easy to dismiss this as being not real, but the whole point of these virtual environments is they are incredibly immersive."

[TheButcher]

As if there is no crime on the street with real rape, muggings, theft, car jackings, robberies to deal with.

Then again I am not clever enough to be the Home Secretary so what does it matter what I think.

[Abby]

Will they have virtual courts and prisons or is this going to end up with real convictions and time behind bars?

[cimage]

This is not the first time I have heard of similar incidents, I read one last year someone was upset about some sexual harassment or bad words said to her in Metaverse, unless I am mistaken.

[rx_tom]

Emotional trauma I can see here but there was no actual physical interaction which is a good thing I suppose.

[HeidiHoe]

I'm ignorant as far as VR goes, but couldn't she have removed the headset? That would have ended her VR session, right? Have people lost their minds or am I missing something here?
Also, parents should be responsible for keeping their kids safe online, just like in real life. SMH

[TheButcher]

I'm ignorant as far as VR goes, but couldn't she have removed the headset? That would have ended her VR session, right? Have people lost their minds or am I missing something here?
Also, parents should be responsible for keeping their kids safe online, just like in real life. SMH

You said it and the part about parents being responsible for their kids is absolutely right.

[Garry2000]

Is it rape if there was no one present, virtual reality games are similar to a dream if you ask me no one is really physically there to touch you.

[fappmaster]

They have to redefine rape in the age of VR then because I thought rape meant penetration.

[HeidiHoe]

They have to redefine rape in the age of VR then because I thought rape meant penetration.

Not in the age of VR, in the age of stupidity. We're dealing with MOTHERFUCKING MORONS!

[LuKenGas]

Have people gone totally nuts and woke, it's a fucking game,you don't like it get out of it. The police need to go stop and catch fuckers raping women in the real world not wasting their time and money on this bull crap. Emotional harm my ass,tell that to a woman raped in a dark alley or at a parking lot, see what she feels.

[shoopa]

Not in the age of VR, in the age of stupidity. We're dealing with MOTHERFUCKING MORONS!

How you doing?

[HeidiHoe]

Not in the age of VR, in the age of stupidity. We're dealing with MOTHERFUCKING MORONS!

How you doing?

Ima chillin' like a villain

[viking]

"Virtual reality game" No one got physically raped in person read the 3 words in quotation marks.

[yobilinks]

Existing laws will need to be re-written in the age of AI and VR that much is obvious.