Sexual predators are contacting kids in the Metaverse, experts say to watch out for these ‘red flags’
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Experts that spoke with Fox News Digital warned that online child abuse and sex trafficking is prevalent and stressed the need for "protection through proactivity."
DeGarmo, a TEDx Talk speaker, has conducted seminars and consulted worldwide on foster care, child sex trafficking, adoption, and child welfare-related issues. He said that the current mental health crisis affecting kids drives them online to places like the Metaverse, where they can fall prey to sexual predators. Nikolas Lanum is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.
Last year, Channel 4's Dispatches uncovered evidence that Metaverse users bragged about being attracted to little girls between the ages of nine and 12 and joked about things like rape and racism.
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