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How are we ADULTS suppose to keep save from minors playing adult avatars? Does SL has anything to say about this? There are so many horny teenagers looking to hook up...everyone knows that but no one does anything about it. SL lets teens from age 16 roam free around the greed...where do you think they end up, in some college campus? of course not. It does ruin my sl experience knowing that there are minors around. Once they used to have an ID request form, even with all the flaws it was better than nothing...now...is all open, easy and accessible. You would say that thete are some red flags to pay attention to, like the maturity of the chat, the avatr image ets...baloni, teens that have been online for a few years they know it all and at the end we carry the responsability if something goes wrong. Any thoughts?

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Hi,

first off, this is the answer section where everyone can ask specific questions about Second Life, it is not a place to have a discussion. The general forum section would be a lot better for this type of post.

Secondly, individuals below the age of 18 are restricted to General sims and cannot Access Moderate and Adult regions, so no, LL does not allow them to roam freely.

As for the rest of your post, it's a horse long since beaten to death.

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Hello and welcome to the year 2007.

'Minors' are the principle participators in online worlds and MMOs, and have been for a long time.

As you're aware, Second Life allows users as young as 16 to roam on General sims (these are only considered minors in certain countries). They are not allowed away from General sims unless they lie about their age.

The ID request system you're speaking of (Aristotle) was flawed and easily produced fake acceptance of personal information. It was not a guarantee of age, there is no service in existance that can reliably guarantee the age of an international user on the Internet.

The risks you choose to take based on this information are entirely up to you. No-one is forcing you to interact with anyone, especially if you don't trust them to be telling you the truth.

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In addition to the excellent advice that Syn and Freya both offered, I should add that if you have credible evidence that a specific person in SL is underage, you may submit an AR.  If Linden Lab can verify that there has been a TOS violation, it will be up to them to decide the appropriate sanction.  You have no other authority to act and, in fact, should be careful not to violate portions of the Community Standards dealing with intolerance, harrassment, and disclosure.

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In adtition to the answers given:

- Not every horny guy here is a teenager. ;)

- You are not responsible. You, as a normal resident, can't do anything to verify who is an adult and who isn't. If a minor sneaks in and seeks for adult content, then thats not your fault and not your resonsibility. You are nobodies online-nanny. Its the parents job to have an eye on their kids online activity.

- You can not tell by chatbehavior or voice how old anyone exactly is. Of course, you will spot the 8 year old...but how can you tell the difference between a 16 year old and a 18 year old? I know that from my daily life. On the internet people guess me older than I am and in RL I have to show my ID to prove that I'm old enough, while being in my 20s.


Simply, don't be too afraid. Its not a proven fact that there are that many minors in SL, because SL is not very appealing to the average teenager. Even the horny ones can probably chose some pornsite over SL. I would say its a small minority who wanders around SL.

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