Child porn, virtual sex ring found in Second Life
German authorities are probing the online virtual world Second Life after the release of a television news report that alleges some members are involved in a simulated child sex ring that trades real child pornography.
Police are seeking to identify members of the Second Life group who traded and paid for sex with child-styled avatars or digital representations of people, BBC and Deutsche Welle news services said after the allegation was reported Tuesday by the SWR public broadcaster's Report Mainz television news magazine. Reporter Nick Schader, a Second Life member, was asked to pay for admission to the gatherings in the 3-D virtual world where simulated and real child pornography was being shown, according to BBC's account of the report. The group's members also allegedly offered to connect Schader with traders of actual child pornography.
