Violations in the metaverse, the next risk... that already claims victims

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We still do not fully understand what it is and

has already been reported in it.

The

promises to be the new digital revolution (it is estimated that by 2026, 25% of the population will spend at least one hour a day in it), an

in which we will move,

socialize and surely even fall in

. (Gamble what you want to that, sure, from the wrong person).

But where it is also possible to be deceived, robbed and even, yes, sexually abused.

It has already happened and the company specialized in

Kaspersky has recently warned that in 2023 it will happen with some frequency and it will go further.

There are those who are crazy amused by the above, it is enough to read the comments on the news of the verbal and sexual harassment suffered by the British

last year to realize it - "The avatar [sic] rubbed against the buttocks of the avatara [sic] causing a shower of pixels";

"The virtual hand of a virtual stalker touched the virtual ass of a virtual girl. It is virtually intolerable! It must be condemned!! Virtually, of course...";

"The absurd problems of the first world"-;

but grace is minimal for any woman who, whether in the real or virtual world, is insulted, makes sexual comments without her connivance, or is harassed in any way.

Raped in the metaverse one minute after entering

That

is not very funny either, and it can even be a "nightmare";

This is at least how the aforementioned Nina Jane Patel,

in the Facebook 'Horizon Worlds' metaverse, described what she experienced: "Three or four male avatars, with male voices, virtually raped my avatar and took photos," described this researcher from the british metaverse.

And it all happened, moreover, within a minute of connecting.

When he reported what happened,

exactly find much

, but rather comments like "don't be an idiot, that's not real."

Or "don't be silly,

which is precisely what 70% of online video game players do, as we mentioned in a recent Yo Dona report, to avoid insults, abuse and sexist attitudes of various kinds. .

Ehhh... Do we really have to pose as men to avoid being harassed?

"I think people should keep in mind that

is not necessarily something physical," said

associate professor at Ohio State University, to the specialized publication 'MIT Technology Review'.

"It can be verbal, and yes, it can also be a virtual experience."

The 'forgetful' should remember what was going on in the chats that the main portals of 20 years ago provided to Internet users, among other things, to flirt.

There you could live good experiences, but also suffer from men who for some reason considered it a good idea to verbally harass the women present in those virtual spaces.

As much as you saw it for what it was, pathetic, you also suffered from it.

Distance of 1.2 meters between avatars

Far from being anecdotal, the case of Nina Jane Patel shows the existence of a real problem, as evidenced by the fact that

Facebook's parent company, announced a year ago the launch of a

for users to of their virtual reality (VR) social platforms to maintain the boundaries of

The tool creates the sensation of

empty space between your virtual avatar and the rest within the immersive applications

and

through VR devices.

Ofelia Tejerina,

president of the Association of Internet users, believes that most of the crimes that are going to be committed in the metaverse will be "of an economic nature, big scams", and that sexual crimes are exaggerated, "because At least in principle, the metaverse is not an uncontrolled space. It is about spaces created by businessmen... Or by

. It is as if we are talking about the cloud. The cloud are servers that can be in Spain, in a company, and that company is responsible for what happens in their cloud. Or they may be in a country without digital legislation and where nobody is responsible."

Let's see where you get... also in the metaverse

Due to the above, Tejerina calls for using common sense and "getting" only "in controlled spaces of the metaverse. The formula to protect yourself from threats is to only use spaces that have a

that

When we began to buy the best online The advice we could offer was to buy from Spanish online companies, because in the face of any problem you could find the person responsible. Well, now, the same for this: use the metaverse only in spaces whose owner is a company, preferably from the

What does worry the president of Internet users is what can become the

child abuse and

"If the aggression is committed against the avatar of a minor, by someone who, for example, cracks the system and gets into a meeting of students at a school, it will be necessary to see the responsibility, guarantees and technical security measures that The person in charge of that space has put in. We will have to see case by case".

Be that as it may, what is clear is that the

presents us with an immense space to explore that, like any new universe within our reach, will not only be inhabited by little angels.

Also by aliens crouching in the dark.

Better not run into them.

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