Police investigate virtual sex assault on girl's avatar
bbc.com
Police are investigating a virtual sexual assault of a girl's avatar, the chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has said.
Donna Jones said she had learned that a complaint was made in 2023, triggering a police inquiry.
The virtual incident did not result in physical harm but caused "psychological trauma", the Daily Mail has reported a source as saying. Police chiefs have called on platforms to do more to protect their users.
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The impact of the attack on the girl's avatar was said to be heightened because of the immersive nature of the VR experience.
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Thread is about VR, which is specifically what I am talking about.
Ah, ok, so you're just saying that every VR device ever made in the future for perpetuity will have a block and report button despite no legal requirement to have one.
No, as stated I'm talking specifically about the most popular headsets made by Meta. I believe Pico and WMR headsets have the same system in place but I haven't used either in a while, WMR is being canned so not really relevant.
Okay, but this is about establishing a legal framework. If there was a legal framework requiring a block and report button on every VR gaming system, perfect.