The metaverse and the law: aspects of a new technological regulation
| Autor | Jesus Manuel Niebla Zatarain, Jose Ramon Bonilla Rojas, Luis Gustavo Kelly Torreblanca |
| Páginas | 116-128 |
Direito, Estado e Sociedade n. 61 jul/dez 2022
The metaverse and the law: aspects of a new
technological regulation
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Jesus Manuel Niebla Zatarain
Jose Ramon Bonilla Rojas
Luis Gustavo Kelly Torreblanca
1. Introdução
Digital technology has had a profound impact on traditional aspects of everyday life, such as
culture, education, work-related tasks and even social interactions. However, a new service
has emerged offering online users the capacity to experience virtual environments and to
interact with others through digital representation of themselves called avatars, this is the
metaverse. Such approach is not particularly new, having its earliest proposals in platforms
such as Second Life of 2003.
However, the inc lusion of new technologies delivers a unique experience with a
particular feature: the actions have the capacity to produce effects on real scenarios. This is
the result of a particular characteristic offered by different developers, which is the migration
of real life services to the metaverse.
On a first view, this may appear to be positive: culture and education can be
expanded, new form of business could be developed and even social interactions can take
place through this platform, all of which can produce their effects in real life. However, the
metaverse does present the same risks as any online site and it may even be subject to
tailored threats.
This, due to two main reasons these platforms gather (and some concentrate) large
volume of their users personal data for several purposes that cover from enhancing the user
experience to increase operative features. Also, these platforms will deliver a new version of
the online market, allowing not only the sell of digital objects but also the development of
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This paper is part of the project “Artificial Legal Intelligence for the Regulation of Digital Scenarios” code PRO_A6_015,
sponsored by the Promotion and Support of Research Projects Program 2022 (PROFAPI) of the Autonomous University
of Sinaloa.
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