The article highlights the alarming frequency of sexual harassment faced by young women in various settings, including online platforms. Citing statistics from the NSPCC and Ofsted, it underscores that significant numbers of young women experience unwanted advances and harassment, especially in schools and social media. With Meta investing heavily in the metaverse, concerns arise about the safety of women in this new virtual landscape, given the company's past failures to protect users. The immersive nature of the metaverse could exacerbate existing issues of harassment and abuse, prompting skepticism towards Meta's promises for the future.
Mark Zuckerberg has grandly promised: In the metaverse, you'll be able to do almost anything you can imagine. It's the sort of promise that might sound intensely appealing to some men and terrifying to most women.
If Meta has utterly failed to keep women and girls safe in its existing online spaces, why should we trust it with the future?
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