An Industry-Backed Group Thinks the Metaverse Can Avoid the Ills of Social Media. Here's How

A version of this article was published in TIME's newsletter Into the Metaverse. You can find past issues of the newsletter here. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the 2021 insurrection, when thousands of protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol to dispute the election of President Joe Biden. They injured at least 140 officers, planted pipe bombs and vandalized lawmakers' offices. Their actions ended in five deaths and tested the mettle of American democracy.