Big Data Research ›› 2023, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (1): 87-102.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.2096-0271.2023007

• TOPIC: METAVERSE AND BIG DATA • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Research on the legal conundrums and regulation ideas of metaverse

Bo HE   

  1. China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Beijing 100191, China
  • Online:2023-01-15 Published:2023-01-01
  • Supported by:
    The Major Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research of the Ministry of Education(20JZD020)

Abstract:

The rise and development of the metaverse have brought challenges to legal regulation.The metaverse is not a place outside the law, it also needs to abide by the law and ensure the correct operation in the legal orbit.Firstly, the development characteristics of the metaverse were summarized, such as technological, commercial, social as well as transnational, and the risks and responses were analyzed.Secondly, the main legal conundrums of the metaverse were analyzed including cybersecurity, personal information and privacy protection, data governance, virtual property, ecological governance, platform liability, and cybercrime.Finally, the idea of regulating metaverse development according to law was put forward, it was suggested to adhere to the principle of safe and controllable development, the appropriately advanced layout of legislation of metaverse, promote regulations in main areas through legislative means such as enactment, reform, abolition, and interpretation, and achieved good governance through good laws.

Key words: metaverse, legal conundrum, regulatory idea, safe and controllable

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