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Police are investigating a virtual sexual assault of a girl's avatar, the chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has said.

Donna Jones said she had learned that a complaint was made in 2023, triggering a police inquiry.

The virtual incident did not result in physical harm but caused "psychological trauma", the Daily Mail has reported a source as saying. Police chiefs have called on platforms to do more to protect their users.

The impact of the attack on the girl's avatar was said to be heightened because of the immersive nature of the VR experience.

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[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 10 months ago

Maybe when an article says "The daily mail jas reported" we should completely ignore it until a better paper reports on it. Everything coming from the daily mail should be considered a lie.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago

I missed the Daily Mail bit. Thank you for pointing it out.

[-] chitak166@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I guess you'd have a point if this didn't really happen.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

But the only evidence this did happen is from the Daily Mail so you can see the problem. It's like trusting Fox as a reliable news source

[-] chitak166@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Are you saying it didn't happen, then?

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