Contextualising the Argument
摘要
Having outlined the legal arguments in favour of the criminalisation of sexual offences in the metaverse in the previous chapters, this chapter now turns to situate those arguments within criminal law and society more broadly. It will begin with a discussion on the wider impacts of this argument for domestic law, with a particular focus on the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the Theft Act 1968. It will follow by briefly considering what impact this argument may have on the legal status of private entities which own and maintain metaverses. Finally, it will seek to place these arguments within the wider context of technological innovation and argue that we must reject the view that technology is inherently ‘neutral’.