The white paper Digital Ethics in the Metaverse stresses that technology must be built on ethical principles to ensure trust, safety, and inclusion. It proposes nine guidelines: protect individual well-being, ensure equal access, safeguard data sovereignty, promote transparency of interactions, set codes of conduct for social behavior, protect privacy, pursue environmental goals, promote diversity, and create a free, boundaryless ecosystem. The document highlights risks such as cyberbullying, data misuse, monopolization, and mental health impacts, while calling for safeguards like transparency, inclusivity, interoperability, and responsible governance. It frames the metaverse as a people-centric ecosystem where ethics, fairness, and sustainability are as essential as technical innovation.

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