‘This Is Creating More Loneliness': The Metaverse Could Be a Serious Problem for Kids, Experts Say

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Businesses nationwide are scrambling to gain a toehold in the metaverse. Some psychologists and mental health experts say that’s dangerous, especially for kids.

for reporting abuse and blocking other users. VRChat did not immediately respond to CNBC Make It's request for comment.

"Virtual reality really does need a lot of safety built in from the start, because you can't search [the metaverse] for hate or sexual abuse," he says."You can't. It happens in an instant [and] there's nothing you can do." But Rizzo and Prinstein agree the onus is on tech companies to prioritize the safety of their users over their own incentive to turn a profit.

 

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MakeIt Hopefully Metaverse will be history in a few years time, swallowed up whole by the big black hole called 'debt'.

MakeIt Obviously. And if we need experts for this we are in trouble

MakeIt Started up few hours ago but I'm already feeling the excitement of the profit out come Crypnicole

MakeIt I just want to recover my stocks on meta, nothing else 😃

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MakeIt Don't use it as a babysitter. Spend time with your kids and have some rules.

MakeIt We don't need it

MakeIt you can't stop the future.

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