Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should people be prosecuted for crimes they commit in augmented reality?
Position‹2 of 2

No, people should not be prosecuted for crimes they commit in augmented reality

This position holds that conduct inside augmented reality should not be charged as crime, treating it as simulation whose consequences belong to platform rules and civil remedies rather than to the criminal law and its penalties.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Simulated conduct is not the act it depicts, and the law should not punish depiction
  2. Platform rules and civil remedies fit this conduct better than prosecution