Second Life 'child abuse' claim Posted: 3 years ago by Nicky666
"Second Life is being investigated by German police following allegations that some members are trading child abuse images in the online world."
"Under Germany law possession of "virtual" child pornography is punishable by up to three years in jail."
It keeps amazing me to find out what a sick world this is...
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Virtual Terror Strikes Second Life Posted: 3 years ago by MaskedWriter
EVERYBODY VIRTUALLY PANIC
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The End of Second Life Posted: 9 months ago by Bornbad
Those who can't do, teach. Second Life, the most overhyped virtual world, has been abandoned even by its most fervent journalistic promoters, like Reuters and Wired. It's now pitching itself as an online schoolhouse.
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Innocent Couple Wrongly Accused of Child Abuse Told Too Late To Have Child Returned Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
A couple is accused of child abuse. It takes years of expensive court battles for the government to see what should taken 1 1/2 hours to see. Even though they were found innocent they are denied the return of their children because it took too long. HOW THE f**k CAN THIS BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN?
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No accountability for Catholic child abuse cases in Irish Repbulic Posted: 6 months ago by Ankabout
After 9 years, a report on the child abuse that went on in Catholic institutions includes no names, and there will be no consequences for those responsible.
Another source
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Evidence of intelligence found in Second Life Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Sadly it's all artificial.
Edd Hifeng is a Second Life player controlled not by a human, but by another computer.
At the moment it's quite limited, but its creators have high hopes.
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Israel Trying To Extradite A "Rabbi" For The Most Horrific Case Of Child Abuse Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Any story of child abuse is hard to hear, this has got to be one of the worst "alleged" cases you have ever heard. Canada is expected to deny extradition, I have pity on their children.
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Bank run on Second Life Posted: 2 years ago by Bornbad
Now the entire Second Life economy--which could affect more than 8.5 million players--is in trouble.
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There is no love like a mother's love Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Well except for the "mother" in Omaha who photoshopped pictures of her daughter's face onto naked bodies in sexually explicit positions. The police are looking for the mother for charges of child abuse and child pornography.
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FBI: Is Second Life's gambling legal? Posted: 3 years ago by TheStep
The FBI are investigating whether the virtual gambling in the virtual world of Second Life is actually legal.
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Second Life investigated for money laundering Posted: 2 years ago by Pocksucket
As Linden Dollars can be exchanged for real world currencies and vice versa, suspicion is that this could be used to launder the proceeds of crime.
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Sun is the first Fortune 500 company holds a press conference within Second Life virtual chat world Posted: 3 years ago by jaxomlotus
It's also the first Fortune 500 company that apparently can't get real life dates.
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Sweden to open first virtual embassy in Second Life Posted: 3 years ago by jaxomlotus
As much as I love Second Life (I'm looking into creating a Worth1000 museum in it), for an official government to staff an embassy in it is pretty redundant.
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Google gives online life to Life mag's photos Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.
*this is great*
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Grey Goo Engulfs Second Life Posted: 3 years ago by sparky
A self replicating object is causing havoc in virtual environment Second Life.
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Aborigines lose the right to land over child abuse Posted: 2 years ago by doggylives
Australia’s Aborigines were stripped of the right of self-rule yesterday after the Government declared the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children to be a national emergency.
This is several months old but I thought topical due to THIS post
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Internet Child Porn Declines Posted: 7 months ago by gammerus
"But those that remain online are more likely to use images involving torture and penetration, the report said. These types of graphic images were found in 58 percent of child pornography sites, compared to 47 percent two years ago."
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Travel The World Without Leaving Your Desk Posted: 3 years ago by VooDooPeacock
For those of us who don't have the time or money to travel, automated tours guided by longtime residents of the virtual world of "Second Life" offer a quick, cheap alternative.
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Baby gymnastics or Child Abuse Posted: 1 year ago by wildminou
Tell me it's fake or I'm calling Child Welfare
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Army Uses 'Second Life' For Recruiting Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
The effort will consist of two virtual islands. One of them, will serve as a "welcome center" with an information kiosk and the means to contact a recruiter, the other will offer, "virtual experiences like jumping out of airplanes, and rappelling off of towers and using a weapon, to see if we can get some kind of recruiting benefit out of this social networking."
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"Expert" says that possessing child pornography does not a pedophile make Posted: 3 years ago by digitalgimpling
"Collecting kiddie porn -- even the most graphic images of child sex abuse -- doesn't automatically make one a pedophile, a noted psychologist said yesterday."
"Baillie told Crown prosecutor Jenny Rees labelling all kiddie porn collectors as pedophiles would be akin to saying anyone with illicit drugs is an abuser."
Comparing drugs to child porn? You're either USING it or DEALING it, either way.
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