Metaverse app allows kids into virtual strip clubs - BBC News

A BBC investigation witnesses grooming, sexual material and a rape threat in a virtual reality world.

Metaverse app allows kids into virtual strip clubs 23 February 2022 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Angus Crawford and Tony Smith BBC News BBC The entrance to a virtual strip club, accessed by the VRChat app Some apps in the virtual-reality metaverse are "dangerous by design", the NSPCC has warned in response to a BBC News investigation. A researcher posing as a 13-year-old girl witnessed grooming, sexual material, racist insults and a rape threat in the virtual-reality world. The children's charity said it was "shocked and angry" at the findings. Head of online child safety policy Andy

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