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Police investigate virtual sex assault on girl's avatar
(www.bbc.com)
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Are you fucking kidding me?
They took cops off of real cases to work a VIRTUAL ASSAULT in a video game. (just harassment, not assault btw)
JFC I hope we fucking get nuked soon. We don't deserve to live.
Can you at least agree that this is a case of harassment and cyber bullying?
Ah have you tried putting yourself in that person's shoes at all and try to imagine how their experience might have felt like?
I don't know about you, but if I was 16 and went into a VR environment, where you practically feel like you're really there, with the intention to have some fun with friends, and a bunch of grown ass men started getting together and simulated a rape with explicit violent language, I would probably not feel very happy or secure. I'd probably log out feeling pretty dirty and uncomfortable. Basically the same kind of feeling you'd get from any form of sexual assault in real life.
What happened in that VR environment was done by real people who thought it was okay to sexually assault a teenage girl, even if it was virtual. They're basically rape apologists and are enabling rape culture. Realizing the fact there are men like this is scary enough to be traumatized and never trust men again.
Did you read my comment or just go on a text block spree without finishing it?
For reference:
"... They took cops off of real cases to work a VIRTUAL ASSAULT in a video game. (just harassment, not assault btw)"
Pretending like this is a problem that requires police intervention is easily one of the most immature and incompetent things I've ever seen.
You know video games have moderators right?
For one, it doesn't say that at all in the article.
Second, harassment and cyberbullying is a real case. Especially when it involves sexually explicit material or simulating sexual activity and the victim is a minor.
So yes, this is very much a real case.
You don't have to socialize with those people.
You have the tools at your disposal to control who you interact with online.
I don't know what platform they were using. And maybe in a VR setting, and with multiple characters, it's a little difficult to find out who the perpetrators are.
When I play an online FPS game for example, I don't always see our notice the names of the players I interact with.
And that's beside the point anyway. That girl has the right to feel safe even in a VR setting where the aim of the platform is to simply interact with others as you would in real life. I don't know why nobody here understands this.
I don't think people have the right to 'feel safe' around every single person they interact with on the internet. If she doesn't like how those people behave, she's free to leave and interact with others.
At some point, we have to take responsibility for our own actions and the people we choose to associate with.
Oh really?
So she gets harassed online and she's the one that has to leave? She's the one that has to sacrifice her enjoyment of the game due to other people's bad behaviour?
That seems fair to you?
She can still enjoy the game. Nobody is forcing her to interact with those people.
Even if the game was built around enabling them, then she could always go play a different game or just about anything else. Nobody is forcing her to play a game that makes her feel uncomfortable.
The same goes for, say, going to forums where people say things you don't like. You have the power to leave. Taxpayer resources shouldn't be wasted in making sure every single microcosm on the internet makes everyone 'feel safe.'
I don't understand why this is such a difficult concept for you.
Because that concept that YOU are defining here enables the aggressors and, in this case, perpetuates rape culture.
If I were to be harassed, sexually or otherwise, in a forum like this one right here, the mods would ban the harasser. It's their duty to allow the users to be in a safe, respectful and civil environment.
And if I were to be harassed continually on any Lemmy instance, there are cyber bullying laws in most countries to address this and you can be sure the police would be involved. Online harassment is a real world issue with real world consequences.
Edit: And no, she can't enjoy the game anymore knowing that this shit happened to her and can happen again and again. It completely ruined the experience for her.
Yeah, that's how the forum's mods decide to run their instance.
If you don't like their rules, you can go somewhere else. No need to get law enforcement involved or waste taxpayer money on lawsuits.
Go over to 4chan and your experience will likely be very different. Nobody is forcing you to go there, though. Taxpayer resources shouldn't be wasted on making every microcosm on the internet 'feel safe' for everyone else.