Second Life is an online role-playing game launched in 2003 by California-based Linden Labs but it did not come to prominence until last year, when corporations including Sony, IBM, Nissan and the ABC bought islands and began marketing to visitors.
In SL people create their own characters, known as avatars, and live an alternative life, buying goods, real estate and living in a community of more than eight million people from across the world. They go about their lives, attending concerts and seminars, building businesses and socialising.
On the darker side, there are also weapons armouries in SL where people can get access to guns, including automatic weapons and AK47s.
It is supposed that there is no difficulty to start spreading propaganda, recruiting and instructing on how to start terrorist cells and carry out Jihad. The terrorists could be spread across the world, using instant language to communicate.
The Sandbox, which allows visitors to build or create objects including buildings, is considered the most vulnerable.
There have been some incidents where some people have built objects that are inappropriate.
But will a terrorist attack happen shortly on SL?
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