'Is This a Parody?' Police Investigating First Metaverse Virtual Gang Rape

As technology advances, so do the ways people can abuse that technology, and the lines can get blurred between the virtual and the real worlds.

Take, for example, this story from The New York Post.

Police investigating first case of girl’s virtual gang rape in metaverse https://t.co/dwrp3sopgC pic.twitter.com/qQZtSP51hn
— New York Post (@nypost) January 3, 2024

They write:

British police are investigating the alleged gang rape of a girl’s avatar in a virtual reality game, in what is believed to be the first probe of its kind involving the metaverse.
The alleged victim, identified only as a girl under 16, was wearing a virtual reality headset in an immersive game when her avatar, an animated representation of her, was raped by those of several men, the Daily Mail first reported.
Although the accuser did not sustain any physical injuries, she may have suffered trauma similar to someone who’d been raped in real life, police sources told the outlet.
“There is an emotional and psychological impact on the victim that is longer-term than any physical injuries,” a senior officer familiar with the case told the outlet.

First, the fact that this investigation is happening in Britain isn't shocking. They don't concern themselves so much with real crime but will arrest you if you say someone looks like a lesbian.

And while we understand that rape is traumatic, this is a video game. An 'animated representation' of someone.

The replies are disgusting and show that people condone r*pe when it’s not physical. A person shouldn’t have to “take the headset off” every time someone thinks it’s okay to virtually r*pe.

People should not think it is ok to go virtually r*pe someone.

STOP BLAMING WOMEN! https://t.co/NiWdbznno5
— WGH For State Rep 🗳️ (@willardgharris) January 3, 2024

Taking the headset off gives the woman more agency than going to the police.

Csi: virtual reality

There you go @CBS I just pitched you an idea https://t.co/ATFaE7nrfd
— BlondesGhost👻 (@NotABotBlonde) January 3, 2024

This opens up a giant can of worms. Huge.

My corpse was humped thousands of times on Halo 2 online, but we just chuckled and went on with life, albeit occasionally tilted. https://t.co/cSGT3i6NQk
— Change the Padres (@ChangeThePadres) January 3, 2024

And we have to wonder if the blurring of lines between virtual worlds and reality is causing this problem. Realizing it's essentially the Metaverse is essentially a video game you can shut off is key here.

In a world of pure imagination https://t.co/wnxdiFkAgP
— VRock The Brilliant ✨ (@vrock72) January 3, 2024

It is a world of pure imagination.

We need to remind people of that.

Yes nobody saw this one coming.
— Annie Sarcasm (@the_anni3) January 3, 2024

We can't believe no one didn't realize that idiots would try this stuff in the Metaverse and program accordingly.

This straight up sounds like satire
— ₳ndrew || Burning Forest (@Burning_Forest) January 3, 2024

Truth, sadly, is stranger than fiction.

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