Does the Metaverse Need Laws?

Can you enforce laws in cyberspace like you can in the real world? Facebook, now Meta, has struggled to moderate its massive platforms for over a decade, battling with national governments over how it should be regulated. Now, it's preparing to be the biggest player in a new arena - the Metaverse. Lorna Woods, professor of Internet Law, joins Ros Taylor:

• “The one thing we can say about the metaverse, is that it won't be what we think it is.”
• “Have we thought about how this service can be misused? Rather than sitting in a phase of techno-optimism about the whole thing.”
• “The transient nature of the content might be good, as you won't have those long shadows cast over you.”
• “If we want to see this freeing capacity of the metaverse then we don't want to be tied to one identity.”
• “We're going to have to think more broadly about how we're going to safeguard.”

Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Assistant Producer: Elina Ganatra. Audio production by Alex Rees. Original music by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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