Meta Urges Washington to Take Hands-Off Approach to Regulating the Metaverse

  • Social-media company releases paper making case against rules
  • Over-regulation could stymie innovation, company argues
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Meta Platforms Inc. is urging policymakers to hold off on creating new rules governing the metaverse.

In a released Friday, Meta argues that many of the world’s existing laws and regulations will also apply to activity in the metaverse -- a catch-all term that refers to an immersive virtual world that doesn’t yet exist in which users could someday work, play games, shop and interact.