The European Union believes that mistakes had been made with regard to Internet policy. She wants to avoid this happening again when it comes to policy on the metaverse sector. To this end, the European Commission is already working on the establishment of a proposal for a strategy to better regulate virtual worlds.
A policy that will take into account the essential points
The European Commission announced the presentation of a guidance document for the policy on the metaverse, in May. She wants to define a policy that will take into account essential issues such as data security and confidentiality. The upcoming proposal will also address the topic of user discrimination in virtual worlds. This was stated by Yvo Volman, a Commission official, during an event organized in Brussels.
Yvo Volman is actually the Data Manager in the Digital Department of the European Commission. During the event in Brussels, he explained: “ We want to make sure that the developments we see in virtual worlds are fully in line with our European values, from the start “. He highlighted that the values in question are: inclusion, privacy, non-discrimination and equality.
Security priority in the metaverse!
Yvo Volman added that the Commission wants make sure people feel safe in the metaverse. ” As safe as they are in the real world, maybe even safer “, he specified. According to the official, the upcoming policy will address how consumers can protect their assets in the metaverse.
Indeed, Yvo Volman said: “ We need to make sure people have the right skills and the right tools to protect their assets in virtual worlds “. Furthermore, he argued that the Commission should ” get it right, right from the start “. ” We must avoid some mistakes that we may have made with the advent of the Internet “, he continued.
The European Commission wants to prevent large corporations from having full control in the metaverse. She wants to prevent evil while there is still time, remembering how Google and Amazon currently dominate the Internet. Speaking of which, the EU recently implemented sweeping regulations to curb the big companies dominating the online space.
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