Call it what it is
A massively multiplayer online virtual reality game with few, if any, rules. Then law enforcement types might realise that they can largely leave it alone.
If someone shows me a gun and demands that I march to the nearest ATM in the real world then I'm likely to comply. Same thing in the (a) metaverse? Not so much.
Obviously it has all of the same problems as the non-metaverse internet (including potential for extortion etc), but, as far as Plod is concerned, not really something to be viewed as a separate entity requiring separate resources, etc.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
