EU antitrust chief: Competition in the Metaverse already needs to be scrutinized

Virtual worlds accessible via the internet are the next digital market to attract regulatory scrutiny, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said, according to Reuters. “The time has come for us to start thinking about what healthy competition looks like in the metaverse, and we’ve already begun that work, as global regulatory scrutiny of digital markets has escalated over the past three years,” Vestager said.