A girl was allegedly raped in the metaverse. Is this the beginning of a dark new future?

[Takket]

13. this is a very poor article

It gives no information on why this is being investigated as a rape. With no context of the environment the reported victim was in or why they believe this was a rape, how are we to build an informed opinion as to whether this is a cause for concern?

How was the victim "raped" in a virtual environmental with the article says includes a personal boundary?

What does this environment and the people in it look like? Were the perpetrators using cameras to "expose" themselves? Or are there "virtual" genitals? Did they use their avatars to simulate some sort of sex act upon her? We're they able to verbally abuse the victim through microphones?

What options were available to the victim? Could they have "blocked" the attackers so they cannot see them? Could they have reported them to admins?

In a real life situation it is pretty much sufficient to say a victim was "assaulted" because everyone knows what they means. But with no concept of what this game looks like, or what happened, how can one draw any kind of opinion of this novel subject? Why should we believe Meta has done anything wrong as a company when we have no idea what these claims are based on?

And I say that as a person that has NOTHING to do with any Meta product, and doesn't want to. The idea that Meta "isn't doing enough" is totally believable to me. But this article reads more like a blog post from an angry mom of a victimized child than something written by a journalist. No useful information, no context, no pictures of what the environment looks like, no comments from the family, no comments from the police. One comment from Meta.