A recent study conducted on a Metaverse platform has shown that kids can log into sexually explicit virtual clubs fairly easily. Experts emphasized that this situation is quite dangerous.
Defined as ‘the future of the internet’ as we all know metaverseis getting more and more popular day by day. In the past days, we mentioned that the ecosystem Horizon Worlds, developed by Meta (formerly Facebook), one of the pioneers of the metaverse, experienced a ten-fold increase in the number of users in three months, and we shared with you how the popularity of the metaverse rose rapidly.
Of course, there are some doubts about this subject. Many experts think that malicious people can take advantage of the metaverse and make moves that can be characterized as ‘criminal’. Millions of dollars of investments in products already found in these virtual universes money laundering It was stated that it could be done to cover up such crimes. Now the news has revealed another scary result that the metaverse can create.
Kids can easily access sexually explicit virtual clubs
Children entering the metaverse, according to the BBC’s report to virtual strip clubs can easily enter. In this research, conducted by a person pretending to be 13 years old, it was stated that this situation was observed in a metaverse application called VRChat. The researcher, who stated that she was taken to a virtual sex club despite showing herself at the age of 13, also noted that many adult men tried to be close to her, and sexually explicit toys and avatars were shown to her while she was browsing the platform.
Andy Burrows, from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, also said about the effect of the metaverse on children, “Children, completely inappropriate, incredibly harmful are exposed to content on these platforms” While using his statements, he added the following:It is clear that safety is not taken into account in this product. These omissions also make it quite dangerous.”
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According to the statements, the main reason for this incident is that most of the applications that can access virtual reality devices do not have age verification features. This shows that it can be very easy to create a fake profile on similar platforms and allow children to easily access inappropriate content. Experts also say that this situation experienced for this reason, that the metaverse may arise. from dire consequences emphasizes that one can