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Sexual assault has already started in Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse

By Pascale Davies December 17, 2021

Source: Euro News

Photo Source: Unsplash, Dima Solomin


Meta changed its name from Facebook earlier this year.


An early tester of Meta’s Horizon Worlds has said their avatar was groped by a stranger in the virtual world.

Meta opened access to its virtual reality (VR) platform Horizon Worlds for users in the United States and Canada on December 9 after more than a year in private test mode. It is the first attempt at releasing a product since Facebook rebranded itself as Meta in October and is in line with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the “metaverse,” a VR world where you can meet others in avatar form.

  • Meta takes its first step in making the metaverse real with Horizon Worlds app

“Sexual harassment is no joke on the regular internet, but being in VR adds another layer that makes the event more intense,” the tester posted in the official Horizon Worlds group on Facebook earlier this month, as quoted by The Verge.

“Not only was I groped last night, but there were other people there who supported this behaviour which made me feel isolated.” How did Meta react? Euronews Next has reached out to Meta for comment but has yet to receive a reply. In an interview with The Verge, Vivek Sharma, Meta’s Vice President of Horizon, told the publication the incident was “absolutely unfortunate”.


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