The bill requires companies to assess the likelihood that children will encounter harmful content in virtual worlds and have measures in place to mitigate such risks.
As the metaverse – a collection of virtual worlds – grows thanks in part to Facebook's grand rebranding to Meta, U.K. policymakers have viewed it necessary that the Online Safety Bill applies to virtual spaces.
“The metaverse is in scope of the bill, which, as noble Lords know, has been designed to be technology neutral and future-proofed to ensure that it keeps pace with emerging technologies,” Lord Stephen Parkinson, a member of the Parliament's upper house and minister at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, said during a July debate on the bill.
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