Review of legal protection measures against security threats related to Metaverse

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of the metaverse has been highlighted as the proportion of online virtual space has expanded dramatically. The metaverse market will grow even bigger in the future, and it is highly likely that it will merge with various industrial fields and become inseparable from our daily lives. This is the reason why it is required to respond to various security threats caused by the characteristics of the virtual world. As a result of the review of previous studies, we selected personal information infringement and digital sex crimes as representative security threats related to Metaverse, and then reviewed legal protection measures against these two security threats. To this end, the 「Personal Information Protection Act」 and 「Criminal Act」, the 「Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes, etc.」, and the 「Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles Sexuality」 were reviewed, and the 'Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes, etc.' and 'Information We reviewed some amendments to the Act on Promotion of Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. As a result of the review, rather than rushing to enact an independent law to deal with only the security threats related to the Metaverse, in order to ensure the healthy and safe use of the Metaverse, the legal system on various security threats related to the use of the Metaverse within the framework of the current law was revised. It is considered reasonable to amend or supplement or to enact a one-point law that applies to specific threats. Excessive sanctions against the rapidly growing metaverse industry have plenty of room to shrink the industry itself. However, the damage may snowball by delaying the related security threats. Therefore, it is judged that it is necessary to discuss legislation at a level that is acceptable to both the industry and users. To this end, legislative bodies must collect and analyze opinions from relevant industries, users, and expert groups to reduce the damage that short-sighted legislation enacts.n to the analysis of the functions and manpower of Amtrak police.