Germans Pursuing Kiddie Porn In Second Life

Posted by kdawson on Thursday May 10, 2007 @05:05AM from the can't-do-that-here-either dept.

Several readers sent in links to the BBC, which has picked up news of a German investigation into child pornography in Second Life. A German TV station captured images of two avatars, an apparent adult and an apparent child, involved in sexual activity. The station also said they had infiltrated a ring trading real-world child porn in SL. SL creator Linden Labs is cooperating fully with the investigation, they write on their official blog: "Our investigations revealed the users behind these avatars to be a 54-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman. Both were immediately banned from Second Life." The German prosecutor's office hasn't responded to Linden's offer of help in identifying the real-world traders.

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Re:Counterstrike? by the_wishbone · 2007-05-10 05:14 · Score: 5, Informative

RTFA. It's not just that some people were PRETENDING to be children, there were, allegedly, groups in there trading actual illegal material within SL.
Re:Aren't they both consenting adults? by the_germ · 2007-05-10 05:27 · Score: 5, Informative

It's legal in the US, but not in Germany.

In Germany photographs/videos of adults who look like children performing sexual activities are considered child porn.

Don't know about other countries.