{"id":427393,"date":"2022-04-05T20:54:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/expert-warns-virtual-police-may-need-to-patrol-metaverse-to-stop-human-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T20:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:54:47","slug":"expert-warns-virtual-police-may-need-to-patrol-metaverse-to-stop-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/expert-warns-virtual-police-may-need-to-patrol-metaverse-to-stop-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"#Expert warns virtual police may need to patrol metaverse to stop human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23fe5101b82\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span 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\/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/expert-warns-virtual-police-may-need-to-patrol-metaverse-to-stop-human-trafficking\/#%E2%80%9CExpert_warns_virtual_police_may_need_to_patrol_metaverse_to_stop_human_trafficking%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Expert warns virtual police may need to patrol metaverse to stop human trafficking&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CExpert_warns_virtual_police_may_need_to_patrol_metaverse_to_stop_human_trafficking%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Expert warns virtual police may need to patrol metaverse to stop human trafficking&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/metaverse_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Virtual police may need to patrol the metaverse to keep users safe from abuse, according to a human trafficking expert.<\/p>\n<p>International human trafficking expert Matthew Friedman raised his concerns about criminals exploiting virtual reality in a recent article for the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=34784X1601670&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fmagazines%2Fpost-magazine%2Flong-reads%2Farticle%2F3172523%2Fhuman-trafficking-metaverse-how-make-virtual&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-sun.com%2Ftech%2F5049773%2Fhuman-trafficking-metaverse-virtual-reality%2F\">South China Morning Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Friedman wrote: \u201cSafeguards must be put in place to prevent vulnerable individuals being harassed, or groomed into exploitative situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsers need to be educated about the potential for human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor these worlds to be safe, online police might be required to patrol the environments and detect human-rights violations, before confronting the abusers in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friedman is currently a chief executive officer of The Mekong Club, which fights human trafficking in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong based-based organization is now looking into how it could help to fight human traffickers in the virtual world of the metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>Friedman claims its essential that organizations like his own are able to aid companies like Meta and Microsoft as they establish virtual worlds.<\/p>\n<p>The Mekong Club has already used virtual reality to allow people to have an eye-opening view into the crimes of sex trafficking and forced labor without being put in any physical danger.<\/p>\n<p>Although you enter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/metaverse\/\">the metaverse<\/a>\u00a0as a virtual avatar, experts are concerned that avatars could be groomed.<\/p>\n<p>This grooming could lead to devastating real-life consequences for someone outside of the virtual world.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about sexual assault inside the metaverse have already been made.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a woman recounted a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4587438\/i-was-virtually-groped-and-assaulted-in-facebooks-metaverse\/\">harrowing experience<\/a>\u00a0in VR that left her feeling violated and unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/kabuni\/fiction-vs-non-fiction-98aa0098f3b0\">Medium blog post<\/a>, Nina Patel, 43, describes how she was \u201cverbally and sexually harassed\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u2019s Metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>Upon entering the Horizon Venues Metaverse experience, Patel says she was accosted \u201cwithin 60 seconds\u201d of joining the lobby area.<\/p>\n<p>Her avatar \u2014which was made to mirror her real-life <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance \u2014 was quickly surrounded by three to four male avatars, with male voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was verbally and sexually harassed,\u201d she recalls, adding that their inappropriate behavior took a dark turn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[They] virtually gang-raped my avatar and took photos\u00a0\u2014 as I tried to get away they yelled \u2014 \u2018don\u2019t pretend you didn\u2019t love it\u2019 and \u2018go rub yourself off to the photo\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She describes the ordeal as \u201csurreal\u201d and a \u201cnightmare\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nina Patel isn\u2019t the only one who\u2019s experienced sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=34784X1601670&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oculus.com%2Fexperiences%2Fquest%2F3002729676463989%2F&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-sun.com%2Ftech%2F5049773%2Fhuman-trafficking-metaverse-virtual-reality%2F&amp;xcust=xid:fr1649179660972aff\">reviews for Horizon Venues<\/a>\u00a0paint a similarly sordid picture, and it currently has 2.5\/5 stars as a result.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/5049773\/human-trafficking-metaverse-virtual-reality\/#:~:text=VIRTUAL%20police%20may%20need%20to%20patrol%20the%20metaverse%20to%20keep,the%20South%20China%20Morning%20Post.\">The Sun<\/a> 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