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Is this mod behavior in line with lemmy.world guidelines? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/support

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Sorry if this is the wrong place to post, if there’s a better location please let me know where to direct this.

One of the mods of [email protected] (Stormageddon47) left some disturbing comments here, referring to the simulated rape of a child in VR as “bullying” and insisting multiple times that it should not be investigated by police at all, despite sexual harassment of children obviously being a crime.

They repeatedly downplay the seriousness of what happened to the girl and spread misinformation about the police trying to prosecute it as a rape. While there are media stories referring to it this way, reliable sources are very explicit about the fact rape laws do not cover what happened to this girl.

Just wanted to make sure the admins knew this was going on, thanks for your time.

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[–] anyhow2503 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is just going to repeat the argument from that locked thread in here.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

It’s a non issue now since the dude went nuts and got removed as a mod.

[–] hal_5700X 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Stormageddon47 is right. You can't be raped on the Internet, it's bullying.

[–] weeahnn 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

would the "VR rape case" then be sexual harassment?

This whole thing is just really weird. Should the police not investigate because it's not rape? Also rape, according to the Met, can only be done by people with dicks...

This whole thing is a mess

[–] anyhow2503 7 points 10 months ago

Also rape, according to the Met, can only be done by people with dicks...

That's the legal definition in the UK afaik. It is weird, but since people feel uncomfortable debating topics like this, it probably won't get changed either.

[–] hal_5700X 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The legal definition of rape is when a person intentionally penetrates another’s vagina, anus or mouth with a penis, without the other person’s consent.

So seeing you can't do in VR or on the Internet. It's not rape in the legal definition. They have don't have a case.

EDIT Here's the Met Police article about sexual harassment/rape, https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/rsa/rape-and-sexual-assault/what-is-rape-and-sexual-assault/

[–] weeahnn 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Im not debating that. It's just weird that the legal definition is, well that.

[–] hal_5700X -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice edit, Lemmy user.

[–] weeahnn 1 points 10 months ago

huh? what do you mean?

[–] hal_5700X 7 points 10 months ago

About Stormageddon47's behavior. Seeing how they didn't do nothing wrong but have a different opinion than you. Having a different opinion is not against the rules. So they did nothing wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess I'm a sexual assault survivor! The things people have said and done to my WoW characters ...

Ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you were a child using VR and people suddenly started pretending to rape you then you would have been sexually harassed, which is a crime. If you feel the cops shouldn’t investigate sexual harassment of children if it happens online that’s on you.

I didn’t make this post to drag this out, but since the former mod went rogue and mass deleted everything that’s the context of what was being talked about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, let's waste police resources everytime a kid gets teabagged in fortnight.

[–] TheMauveAvenger 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why are children using online VR in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Probably because VR is extremely heavily marketed to them. This is off topic though.