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I'm a Black woman and the metaverse scares me – here’s how to make the next iteration of the internet inclusive

  • Written by Breigha Adeyemo, Doctoral Candidate in Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
I'm a Black woman and the metaverse scares me – here’s how to make the next iteration of the internet inclusiveBlack women have been harassed and censored on social media. What will they face in the metaverse?Photo by Carlos Costa/AFP via Getty Images

Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images...

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