# Social And Ethical Challenges Of The Metaverse

## Overview

**Authors:** Richard Benjamins, Yaiza Rubio Viñuela, Chema Alonso

**Publication Date:** April 17, 2023

**Link:** <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-023-00278-5>

**Keywords:** Metaverse, ethical and social risks, governance and regulation, privacy and data protection, security and safety, bias, fairness and non-discrimination, decentralization of DAOs, NFTs and digital economy, sustainability

**Type:** Articles/Reports

## Summary

In this whitepaper, we briefly describe what the metaverse is, what technologies are part of its ecosystem, and where it comes from. We then focus on the potential societal/social and ethical risks of the metaverse.