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The emerging metaverse poses new ethical and governance problems which should be seen as integration among blockchain, artificial intelligence and virtual worlds. The present study focuses on the ethical frameworks that would need to be adopted for equitable, safe and inclusive governance inside the metaverse. The key issues of concern include privacy and data protection, ownership and identity in the digital space inclusivity and discrimination. Existing principles of transparency, decentralization form basic constructs that ethical guidelines primarily address in AI, blockchain and VR they must be modified in a manner specific to the characteristics and needs of the metaverse. It points toward the urgency for strong and robust governance arrangements in the protection of rights and ethical conduct within the metaverse. The purpose of the research was made interactive as it called for participation among policy makers and legal experts in the governance models that emphasis user autonomy and privacy.

Keywords

Metaverse; Ethical governance; Privacy; Virtual reality (VR); Artificial intelligence (AI); Blockchain

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