Metaverse, Avatar and Illusion of Lawless World: Rethinking Boundaries in Virtual World

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10.2991/978-2-38476-208-8_29How to use a DOI?

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Avatar; Metaverse; Cyberlaw

Abstract

The development of metaverse has brought great hope for many parties to be able to utilize this technological advancement. Not only within the scope of gaming, currently daily activities can also be carried out by someone in the virtual world, such as work, school and even daily life. However, metaverse also raises concerns for its users when avatars that represent the users can turn out to be victims of sexual harassment. This becomes a legal issue when it is committed by and to avatars in the metaverse. The methods used in this paper were normative juridical with statute approach, case approach, analytical approach, and comparative approach, as well as research specifications using the descriptive-analytical method. It is known that currently there is no regulation that can effectively provide protection for avatars in the metaverse. In fact, the efforts have been made from the plan to use the avatar creation registration system to biometric identification. However, legal instruments have not been able to fully address avatar activities that are categorized as sexual harassment in the real world although preventive efforts have been made by some parties through the Global Principles on Digital Safety or Digital Services Act issued by the EU. Therefore, it is expected that the presence of regulations can provide protection for avatars, one of which is by providing legal personality for avatars leading to the establishment of rights and obligations to its users.

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AU  - Sayid Muhammad Rifki Noval
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/17
TI  - Metaverse, Avatar and Illusion of Lawless World: Rethinking Boundaries in Virtual World
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Border Region (INTSOB 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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