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The metaverse.

It's the virtual world.

That's just like the real world.

Which I mean, Mark Zuckerberg is harvesting your data there, too.

Companies like the meta, aka Facebook, are betting billions of dollars on the hope that

virtual reality is the future of human interaction.

But as they get started, they're finding out that in many ways, the people of the future

are all too much like the people of the past.

Meta is launching a new tool for its virtual reality worlds after users reported virtual

and groping and other abusive behavior.

The personal boundary default setting will allow users to feel like there's four feet

of space between them and others.

Meta says this will make it easier to avoid unwanted interactions.

I mean, come on in the virtual world now.

She comes after woman claims she was verbally and sexually harassed within a minute of

joining a virtual game last year.

Yeah, look people.

None of this is surprising.

I mean, anytime a new technology has been invented, it has quickly been used to harass people.

You know, right off the man discovered fire.

Creeps were probably like, awesome.

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