Confronting The Dark Side of the Metaverse: A Vision of Criminal Punishment for Safeguarding Metaverse Users
The emergence of the metaverse has unprecedented prospects for engaging users via virtual realms. However, the crimes also manifest in the metaverse. This paper intends to examine the philosophies of punishment and explore strategies for addressing crimes in the metaverse. We further discuss principles considering metaverse crime, types of sanctions, and purposes of punishment in our proposed strategies.
Authors
- Lik‐Hang Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-1612)
- Xian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1023-636X)
- Chan-In Sio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2701-5424)
Institutions
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3698387.3699999
- Primary Topic
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00