The WEF’s 2023 white paper on metaverse privacy and safety highlights urgent risks as immersive technologies expand into social, educational, and industrial use. The metaverse intensifies concerns around data collection, surveillance, harassment, and identity misuse. It calls for proactive governance frameworks that embed safety, privacy, and trust from the design stage. Key priorities include user-centered controls, transparent data practices, interoperability standards, and effective redress mechanisms. Collaboration across governments, industry, and civil society is essential to balance innovation with rights protection. By acting early, stakeholders can build a safer, more inclusive metaverse ecosystem.

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