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Review
. 2024 Apr 23:9:1147627.
doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1147627. eCollection 2024.

The metaverse of violence

Michelangelo Pascali  1
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Review

The metaverse of violence

Michelangelo Pascali. Front Sociol. .

Abstract

The metaverse appears to be a composite concept and a complex environment from an ontological perspective and from a purely dimensional point of view. Exploring its defining features not only allows one to identify the nature and effects of the social relations existing therein, but also influences the legal reading of what it contains and produces. Bringing to light the peculiar characteristics of the metaverse-for which the dichotomy between "real" and "virtual" sounds outdated-this article emphasizes the urgency to rethink the traditional forms of interpretation and design of preventive and repressive measures to counter deviant and illegal phenomena of a violent nature.

Keywords: crime; deviance; law; metaverse; physicality; rights; violence; virtuality.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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