Andrew Bosworth, the Chief Technology Officer at Facebook's rebrand label, Meta, said that harassment poses an "existential threat" to Zuckerberg's plans for the metaverse. 

Although the CTO in an article in the Financial Times said he wanted Meta to have "Disney levels of safety," harassment could bear a "toxic environment" to women and minorities in particular. 

If safety in the metaverse is not dealt with properly, this will drive users away from the medium. However, Bosworth asserts that controlling what people say and their behavior "at any meaningful scale is practically impossible." 

Meta, for now, is relying on artificial intelligence to regulate speech and behavior. However, in the long term, that will change. “Meta is not going to build, own, or run the metaverse on its own. We are starting conversations about our vision for the metaverse early before some of the technologies even exist”, said a Meta spokesperson to The Independent. 

“This won’t be the job of anyone company alone. It will require collaboration across industry and with experts, governments, and regulators to get it right."