Real Rights in the Virtual World

This timely book explores the rights and principles that guide AI-based applications and their users in virtual reality worlds. Riku Neuvonen and Jukka Viljanen examine the next developmental phase of information networks, positioning human rights at the centre of their analysis. Chapters assess the current problems facing the digital world as well as new challenges posed by virtual worlds, including access to information and privacy. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the authors evaluate digital constitutionalism in AI-populated metaverses, the roles of language rights and intellectual property in the metaverse, and generative AI’s impact on autonomy, truth and equality. Ultimately, they bring innovative research topics and ideas to the forefront of human rights studies in the age of virtual reality and AI. Students and scholars of human rights law, internet and technology law, and digitalisation will find Real Rights in the Virtual World an invaluable read. It is also a highly informative resource for policymakers and journalists working in AI, the internet and other virtual worlds.