A 16-year-old girl is raped online. Abi Najm explains, “Removing the VR Headset was enough to protect her.”

It seems that the British doctor Nina Jane Patel, who was raped on the Horizon Worlds platform by four male avatars and their depiction of the incident, was not the last. Despite the personal boundaries set by Meta, they were not sufficient.

According to the Metro newspaper, a 16-year-old girl was raped by a group of men over the Internet. Even if the victim did not suffer actual physical harm, she suffered the same psychological and emotional trauma as a person being assaulted in real life. The victim was wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset and was in a virtual room when the men assaulted her.

The British police have opened an investigation into the case, as they are concerned that such crimes are widespread on the Internet and are being covered up and not disclosed. “The shift creates a gateway for predators to commit horrific crimes against children,” National Police Chiefs’ Council Commander Ian Critchley said during the inquiry into child protection and abuse.

Because it’s all about putting on VR Headsets , information security and digital transformation consultant Roland Abi Negm believes that “once the VR Headset is removed , everything will end, as the user will return to reality.” He added to the Cyberax website, “It is not the first time that such a crime has occurred in the world of the #Metaverse, but the characters used within it are not real, and as soon as the user feels that someone is approaching his character or that he is being exposed to any harm, it is enough for him to return to his safe reality by exiting the #virtual_reality.” “.

In light of the violations and attacks that occur on the #Internet, especially within #electronic_games such as Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues , there must be deterrent and controlling laws to prevent these attacks, but currently, in the absence of legislation, will the British police be able to follow up on the case and prosecute the aggressors? In Abi Najm’s opinion, “There is no crime if it does not have a criminal substance. Until now, no special laws have been enacted regarding the metaverse.”

If the questions revolve around the victim’s right, protection, and virtual rights, Roland Abi Najm says, “The user can activate a feature that prevents other users from approaching him.” So, despite all the demands to change the law to protect women and children from harm in these virtual environments, there is no one who protects the user and is responsible for him in the #virtualworld except himself.

As for the methods of fraudsters and cybercriminals, they are in a race in parallel with the development and worsening of #technology. Cyber ​​awareness and awareness constitute the two basic pillars of repelling any attempted attack or #electronic_fraud.