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Woman claims she was virtually groped while inside Meta’s virtual reality metaverse

By Matthew Miller
Published December 20, 2021 3:06pm ET
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Woman claims she was virtually groped while inside Meta’s virtual reality metaverse
British television presenter Rachel Riley shows a virtual-reality headset called Gear VR during an unpacked event of Samsung ahead of the consumer electronic fair IFA in Berlin, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) | Markus Schreiber

A beta tester for Meta’s metaverse virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds says she was virtually groped in what may be the first allegation of its kind.

Meta revealed the allegation on Dec. 1, saying the alleged act occurred on Nov. 26. The woman reported the groping in a Facebook group associated with the beta test.

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