Friday, 6 March, 2026
Even metaverse is unsafe for women
By Basit Ansari
<p>Chanelle Siggens was recently harassed in a VR game by a random player in the game lobby. She claimed that the player approached her avatar and then simulated groping and ejaculating onto her avatar. This raised concerns about women's safety in the metaverse. Harassment, assaults, bullying, and hate speech already run rampant in VR games. In VRChat, a popular VR game, a violating incident occurs about every seven minutes.</p>
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