Campaigners say the avatar of a 21-year-old researcher was sexually assaulted in Meta’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds.
Corporate accountability group SumOfUs, for whom the researcher works, says it shows Meta needs better plans to mitigate harms in the metaverse.
Meta’s annual shareholder meeting takes place on Wednesday.
The company told the BBC there were safety tools in Horizon Worlds to help people have a “positive experience”.
