Researcher says her avatar was raped in the metaverse - it points to bigger safety issue in virtual space - Business Insider South Africa

Within an hour of logging on to Meta's Horizon Worlds, a female researcher said her avatar was raped, according to a report.

A researcher entered the metaverse, wanting to study users' behaviour on Meta's social-networking platform Horizon World. But within an hour of her donning her Oculus virtual reality (VR) headset, sh… [+5388 chars]

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