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"Sexual Violence & Harassment in the Metaverse" is a new report co-produced by Vulnera - The Observatory Alliance for Universal Digital Rights & Equality Now. Join our experts tomorrow for a webinar on how victims of #OnlineAbuse in the #metaverse are impacted & how existing criminal laws can be adapted & applied👇

The metaverse poses risks that go into the topic of criminal law …. Rules of digital market regulation apply. - Vulnera - The Observatory Founder & Universiteit Leiden Associate Professor of Law & Technology Gianclaudio Malgieri

Vulnera - The Observatory Universiteit Leiden Gianclaudio Malgieri An avatar has the whole construction of stereotypes, images and social constructs - which could have both positive and negative aspects including discrimination, stigmatization Gianclaudio Malgieri, Vulnera - The Observatory

Vulnera - The Observatory Universiteit Leiden Gianclaudio Malgieri In our past report on meta vulnerabilities, we concluded that an avatar could lead to discrimination and sexual violence - Carlotta Rigotti Vulnera - The Observatory Universiteit Leiden Post-doctoral researcher at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies.

Vulnera - The Observatory Universiteit Leiden Gianclaudio Malgieri When you open a newspaper or use Google, there has been an increasing amount of personal experiences with sexual harassment and violence in the #metaverse - Carlotta Rigotti Vulnera - The Observatory

Vulnera - The Observatory Universiteit Leiden Gianclaudio Malgieri The victim’s response closely mirrors that of one in the physical world - such as freezing. The #metaverse is trying to reproduce multisensory experiences - despite the absence of the physical body, the mind still perceives - Carlotta Rigotti Vulnera - The Observatory Equality Now

Vulnera - The Observatory Universiteit Leiden Gianclaudio Malgieri Equality Now There is a broader impact at society level (as with many other harms). Victims are expected to withdraw and self censor - so the #metaverse becomes increasingly less diverse. - Carlotta Rigotti Vulnera - The Observatory Equality Now

Vulnera - The Observatory Universiteit Leiden Gianclaudio Malgieri Equality Now The #metaverse is intersectional - it affects victims - in different ways, depending on their specific characteristics. The main target is women - the metaverse is deep-rooted in gender stereotypes and violence against women.- Carlotta Rigotti Vulnera - The Observatory Equality Now

Big tech companies are investing in data centers to meet the demand for processing power. However, the sustainability of this technology has become a major concern due to the significant rise in electricity consumption to power these data centers. shorturl.at/cjrvy

More than 200 people with diabetes were injured due to unexpected shutdowns of their insulin pumps caused by a software issue with a connected mobile app. Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. has issued a device correction letter advising users to update the app. edition.cnn.com/2024/05/08/hea…

New research has revealed that chatbots can extract sensitive personal information like race, location, and occupation from benign conversations, raising concerns about inadvertent data leakage. wired.com/story/ai-chatb…

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I am very happy to share my first blog post on #Vulnerability in the AI Act, which has now been published on OUP Law Blog! I try to map how the concept of human vulnerability is developed throughout the #AIA (16 mentions, no explicit definition and a potentially hybrid approach

📎 Vulnerabilities in popular cloud-based keyboard apps allowed network eavesdroppers to decrypt and read users' keystrokes, potentially affecting over a billion users. 👥 Paper By Jeffrey Knockel, Mona Wang, and Zoë Reichert citizenlab.ca/2024/04/vulner…