The police are investigating the alleged rape of a girl under the age of 16 in a virtual reality game. The child was not hurt in the incident, but she did experience psychological and emotional trauma. The lead for child protection and abuse investigation is Ian Critchley.
The kind of behavior described has no place on our platform, which is why for all users we have an automatic protection called personal boundary, which keeps people you don't know a few feet away from you.
The child experienced psychological trauma just like someone who has been raped, said the senior officer. It poses a number of challenges for law enforcement, because current legislation is not set up for this.