EXCLUSIVE British police probe VIRTUAL rape in metaverse: Young girl’s digital persona ‘is sexually attacked by gang of adult men in immersive video game’ – sparking first investigation of its kind and questions about extent current laws apply in online world
The girl under the age of 16 is said to have been left distraught after her avatar – her digital character – was gang raped by the online strangers.
The headset-wearing victim did not suffer any injuries as there was no physical attack.
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. As we begin a new year, it is an important time to reflect on the resilience of trafficking survivors and recognize the efforts of those who work tirelessly to prevent and eliminate this inhumane and devastating form of abuse and exploitation. We’ve had many challenges in 2023. Slavery is escalating in the United States. Let us all enter into 2024 with the commitment that we will educate, prevent, speak up and out, have open and honest communication with our children and urge our 118th Congress to enact legislation to keep kids safe.
Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, includes both forced labor and sex trafficking. It not only represents a threat to international peace and security but also undermines the rule of law, robs millions of their dignity and freedom, enriches transnational criminals and terrorists, and threatens public safety and national security everywhere. This crime affects all of us. Our children are vulnerable because of their online use. It is reported that 500,000 predators are online every day. One in five children will be approached online with sexual content – images and/or conversation. 40% will attempt to meet that stranger in real-time.
All of this must end. These are crimes against humanity. This is a bipartisan issue. Human trafficking belongs to no political party. It is time to end these atrocities.
Learn more here and remember it’s now 2024. It’s time to #BeAWarrior
500,000 predators are online every day. This number is escalating. Law enforcement cannot keep up with the onslaught of these crimes against our youth. It is time for you to TAKE ACTION!
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A law that classifies human trafficking of a minor for the purposes of a commercial sex act as a “serious felony” will take effect Jan. 1, less than six months after debate around the bill roiled the Capitol.
Under current law, human trafficking of a minor for purposes of commercial sex incurs a sentence of up to 12 years in prison. If the crime involves force, fear, fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or threat of unlawful injury to the victim or to another person, the sentence is 15 years to life. If the person is convicted of inflicting great bodily harm on the victim while trafficking them, a judge can add up to 10 years to a prison sentence.
Under the new law, people convicted of commercial child sex trafficking would face longer prison terms and potential life sentences.
And it’s easy to think it won’t happen to you… but it can. The National Center for Missing and Exploited is here to help.
This service is one step you can take to help remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before you were 18.
Learn more. Ask questions. There is help. There is hope. And always remember that anything you post online, will be there forever. Even f you delete a photo, it has been captured or shared by others. Even if it’s only to there for seconds. Please have an open and honest discussion with kids about this.
When I was a child in the 1960s and 70s, I wanted to be a boy. I could see from a very early age that boys were given very much more freedom than girls.
They didn’t have to wear uncomfortable tights and dresses, they got better toys and, best of all, they didn’t have to play within sight of their parents because of ‘stranger danger’.
My brother, meanwhile, wanted to be a dinosaur and even used to tell people he was one. No one seemed to mind because everybody knows children have rich interior lives – which is why the fantasy worlds created by the likes of Roald Dahland JK Rowling have attracted such massive followings.
This is all healthy and good as long as the children concerned are happy, loved and supported.
Did you buy your child, grandchild or family member a device for the holidays? Then you have a duty to learn more about safety features. Don’t worry. Protect Young Eyes has you covered. Our favorite gaming systems, smartphones, tablets, and even smart TVs have parental controls that are constantly changing. We’ve done the work for you. Here’s to a safe 2024!
Do you know what your children are doing online? The predators do. It is reported, and the number is most-likely higher, that 500,000 predators are online every day looking for vulnerable children to exploit.
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