Suffered for us all: the researcher spoke about the “gang rape” in virtual reality

Human rights group SumOfUs conducted research in the Horizon Worlds metaverse and released a reportCalled

"The Metaverse: Another Cesspool of Toxic Content"In the report, the researcher told how she was subjected to a "gang rape" in the virtual world.

The report even included a link to a video with a preamble to the "rape".There, a male avatar can be seen coming close to the researcher's avatar, while a second male avatar just stood by and watched.Users made "obscene comments."

Interesting part of the video researchersdecided not to publish. But the researcher's avatar was said to have been "taken to a separate room where she was raped by a user who constantly asked her to turn around so he could do it from behind, and the users outside the window could see it." The girl herself said that she experienced "confusion". She revealed that her controller vibrated when male avatars touched her.

The researchers also reported that they encountered homophobic and racist insults, and also saw cases of "gun violence" and "drug use".