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a great bird with it was so dirty and cleaning you turn the entire bathroom into a mess. this is the water birds 1st swelled one of the most beautiful moments i've ever experienced. that a truthful man to me to give you a donkey series about our complex relationship with animals, global. i think i will live long enough to witness the end of factory farming. the great debate this week on d. w were today we're talking about cyber grooming a topic which could be traumatizing for some people. it's a growing problem at the moment with teenagers and kids increasingly being sexually harassed, online and virtual worlds are unfortunately given grim is an ideal hunting ground. so what can be done against cyber grooming? it's a heavy topic, but an important one today on shift. ah,

this is the dock side of the internet. predators mostly men, a jumping online to build trusting relationships with manas, the aim to groom the victims for sexual relations, 84 percent of these victims, a girl's children as young as 10 years old, a being approached. and the saw the grim is a well versed in the art of exploitation. it's nothing new, of course, but now they're using virtual worlds, which are extremely popular with kids. it's a perfect place for grimace to act anonymously. oh, a horrible fond of children in virtual strip clubs, partaking and simulated sexual intercourse with adults. this happened in the popular app v. r. chat. incidents like these are why some have already called the men of ers a paradise for perverts and a breeding ground for sex offenders. a british child protection charity,

the national society for the prevention of cruelty to children, has called some v. r apps dangerous by design. virtual reality allows us to dive into a make believe digital world, but the same thing that makes it so exciting can also make it dangerous, harmful and traumatic for children. when we talk about sexual exploitation in the members, what we have to understand is that we are fully immersed fully present and fully embodied in the digital environments. it is no longer a video game that we're observing. mazama asked you to participate in something sexual, inappropriate within the members. there are serious psychological and physiological implications that we cannot underestimate what research has shown that children experience v are differently from adults, as their brain is still developing. they can't always tell the differ between

virtual worlds and real life. researchers say that children could even form memories based on virtual experiences. which means that sexual abuse that occurs online could turn into a traumatic memory. in reality it's a parent's worst nightmare. and as they are worlds become even more immersive, the danger for kids only increases as professors stein occur from the university of hamburg explains. to fog vitti eyes when a litmus light, how real this type of experience can be, depends on the technology being used. and the way things are depicted in the virtual world and sca food we call this sense of presence euclid, the higher the sense of presence of the more i believe that what i see seems real is that the places and experiences are actually their home. and this is also true when you experience very beautiful moments, but of course i can also make you very nervous or lead to anxiety or fear that she noticed or touched her. and to make matters even worse. most of these via worlds

don't even use stringent age checks, which could at least provide an extra layer of protection. what we need to understand is that occur in the system in which the technology is being developed, does not prioritize the needs of the child and not leaves. our children longer bowl to harms anti creditors and to excellent asian as long as these via platforms fail to find solutions and don't take this problem seriously, children will remain at risk. roblox has made headlines in the past. it bows $58000000.00 uses per day, and around a quarter of those a younger than 13 years old. until recently, groomers were able to create virtual sex games on roadblocks and draw in their online victims with the promise of cash. and roadblocks, children were repeatedly lowered into so called condos. private areas of the platform developed by groomers and pedophile. virtual sex games are also possible.

what happens there is described by the u. s. and gio common sense media in a report. miners offer virtual dances and sexual acts, as well as nude photographs off platform 2 adults and exchange for ro bucks, which can be converted into real money. so called self generated. sexual content by children has skyrocketed in recent years. it now accounts for almost 72 percent of all sexual abuse content online. that's a 28 percent increase in 2021. the images in videos mainly involve girls aged 11 to 13. overall, a global study from 2021 found that 34 percent of children have been asked to do something sexually explicit online. recently, roadblocks has made efforts to combat cyber grooming in their games. roblox isn't

the only platform struggling to get ahold of the cyber grooming problem. it's clear that they all need to up their game. but in many v r apps, users can block abusive players. any grooming abuse should be reported to the platforms who in turn can suspend the groomers account. currently, however, offenders can easily return with a new one. is actually looking at what procedures had and protocols and we put into place to ensure that whoever they say they are is actually who they are so that we can have a 50 year old pretending to be a 15 year old in the matter verse. that's actually quite simple to do and not a huge, technologically technological challenge for us. it just hasn't been done. because if you're in a nation, if you have commercialization, one of the biggest challenge is, is that many companies at the forefront of met averse development have a track record of facilitating harmful practices online like meta formerly known as facebook and instagram. having said that,

meta has just announced to offer new protective measures for their quest to be our headset. parents will now be able to deny purchases, block apps, view screen time, and see who the child has added as a friend. more and more companies pledge to make child safety a priority epic games publisher of popular online games fortnight. and lego have announced a new cooperation at a cost of $2000000000.00 us dollars. they want to make a commitment to child safety. however, it is still unclear whether this will become a separate metaphors project just for children, of course. so i, the grooming isn't just restricted to the med of us grimace. have even use seemingly harmless playlists on spotify to try and lower in victims. i invite kids to playlists and then using the description field, they ask kids to post nudes in the playlists profile picture. this stuff is happening where you'd least expected. the authorities can't keep up, but they are trying to fight the issue with the help of artificial intelligence.

the language of the perpetrators is an important key here. me once the university and we'll have linguistics, professor norion, the introducing her team are developing the dragon spotter. a software meant to spot online cyber grooming. ready ready which for images videos, so one to try and persuade, manipulate a child to engage in sexual activity online and also offline. and i thought we should really be able to apply techniques from language on communication that kind of research with a child, by what those strategies with those types of things were to create an online i. the software consists of the machine learning algorithm and

a large amount of premium chat protocols. the linguists detect communication patterns you spec ramos to manipulate their victim. the algorithm is trained to detect patterns like empathetic language, explicitly requesting sex, as well as ambiguous insinuations. precisely depending on how we change the context in which it is used and so on. so very much detail annotation by humans off within the age of this project, ah, dragon spotter has already been successfully tested by british and australian police for reasons of confidentiality discount. go into more detail types technology that we him, me intend to use or was meant for anybody else. and it's not meant to be a decision maker to support and inform better decision making by the expert.

the project is also trying to help education workers recognize grooming patterns early to prevent the abuse happening in the 1st place. it's a mine field for parents, especially if they've never actually been to the met averse themselves. if i had kids, i honestly wouldn't have a clue where to start. so his just a few tips on how to foot side the grooming from the safety of your own home. tip one, familiarize yourself with the met averse. discovering virtual worlds can help parents understand what their children experience online. currently, 2 thirds of parents with children, between 5 and 10, don't know how the med diverse works. so do your own research experienced and experiment with the technology yourself. and also have clear communication with your child about what their interest is in an in belmont and that diverse in your child downloads and new app or be our application within the headset. and you again

have to do that research and understand exactly who your child will have the opportunity to interact with. tip to make use of technological tools. increasingly v r headsets and v are apps like roadblocks come with a safe mode. this restricts the possibilities for children and enables parents to monitor chats and contact this way. inappropriate language and chats and interactions with adults can be limited. tip 3, be suspicious. you never know if the person behind an avatar or chat partner is really who they say they are. therefore, you should always be suspicious online, especially when you're using a new platform for the 1st time. tit for don't reveal too much information. groomers try to win their victims trust. anything you say online or reveal on your profile or avatar can be used against you by groomers, personal information like name,

age or where you live or especially sensitive and should not be revealed. many grim is will also eventually want to meet face to face. it's obviously best to avoid this. but if you do end up meeting someone in person, choose a public setting and bring a night along with you. they are worlds should be a place for everyone to feel safe, but develop his need to do a lot. busy more to ensure use safety on top of that. authorities also need to move with the times and find a way to enforce existing laws against child abuse online. this is not a novelty technology. this is not another game. this is a, the next evolution of how will it be will be interacting as human beings in the future. we have an opportunity right now to plant seeds for positive experiences in the met averse. have you ever come across cyber grooming in virtual worlds? let us know, that's it from us today. see you next time. ah

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