The South Korea Communications Commission (KCC), the official media regulator in South Korea, recently held a meeting with Meta’s Vice President of Product Policy and Strategy, Andy O’Connell, focusing on enhancing user security in the ‘metaverse’.
During this meeting, they discussed strategies to bolster the safety of ‘metaverse’ users. KCC Vice President Ahn Hyoung-hwan urged O’Connell and Meta to collaborate with South Korea on security measures for the metaverse and other virtual platforms.
The discussions between Hyoung-hwan and O’Connell also covered ensuring transparency in the algorithms behind digital platforms and strategies to prevent the spread of illegal information on these platforms.
South Korea has been actively combating harassment crimes reported by ‘metaverse’ users. Earlier this year, the KCC established a new council dedicated to preventing such misconduct in the ‘metaverse’.
Similar cases were reported at Horizon Worlds.
On a related note, Meta is the developer behind Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality technology-based ‘metaverse’ platform. As of now, Horizon Worlds is accessible only to individuals in selected regions within North America and Europe.
There have been instances where users of Horizon Worlds have reported cases of harassment experienced on the platform.
In response to these incidents, Meta introduced the personal space feature in Horizon Worlds. This feature restricts user avatars from coming closer than 4 meters to any avatars that are not marked as their friends.
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