this report by angus crawford and a warning that it does contain some disturbing content of a sexual nature. meetjess. she s 25, a bbcjournalist. but in virtual reality, she s pretending to be a child. going in. into vrchat one of the most popular apps. the age limit s 13. some rooms look innocent enough. but there s pole dancing and strip clubs, too. 0h, hello, miss. isn t it school time right now? men chase a child, demanding she strip. come on, bleep strip! oh, my god. there are rooms with condomss and sex toys. there are two people to the side of me now, who are trying to get on top of each other. ok, so there s like a group of people that are, like, simulating sex. bleep. someone threatens to rape her.
reality experiences you get to using a headset like this one. choose what you want to look like, your avatar, and you can start exploring. the question is how safe is this world for children? it s just the most shocking breach of any responsibility. iam angry. because facebook promised us disney levels of safety. this isn t a theme park, this is a set of virtual worlds where children are at risk of grooming, of sexual abuse. vrchat says it s working hard to make itself a safe and welcoming place for everyone. predatory and toxic behaviour has no place on the platform. meta told us it wants everyone to have a good experience and said, we provide tools that allow quest players to report and block users. we will continue to make improvements as we learn more about how people interact in these spaces.
and this isn t a theme park, this is a set of virtual worlds where children are at risk of grooming, of sexual abuse. vrchat says it is working hard to make itself a safe and welcoming place for everyone. predatory and toxic behaviour has no place on the platform. meta told us it wants everyone to have a good experience and said. we provide tools that allow quest players to report and block users. we will continue to make improvements as we learn more about how people interact in these spaces. children, and the metaverse can be an exciting virtual adventure, but also a very real risk of harm. angus crawford, bbc news. severe flood warnings remain in areas of the river severn where flooding continues to pose a danger to life. 0ne severe warning is for bewdley, worcestershire where flood barriers were breached today.
well, you re going to get shut down because, yeah, i get it, it may be expensive to hire a bouncer, but you got to do it. you have to do it because the alternative is to let kids just wander in and get destroyed. vrchat says it is, working hard to make itself a safe and welcoming place for everyone. predatory and toxic behaviour has no place on the platform. meta stresses it s not responsible for other companies apps and says. we provide tools that allow players to report and block users. we will continue to make improvements as we learn more about how people interact in these spaces. for children, the metaverse can be an exciting adventure, but it also poses a real risk of harm. angus crawford, bbc news. in the united states, the three white men convicted of murdering a black man when he was outjogging have been found guilty of federal
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