Julian Assange supporters to protest extradition in the metaverse

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have organised a political rally in the metaverse to protest against his extradition. A pre-recorded virtual avatar version of Assange will address attendees at the protest on Saturday. Also giving speeches via their own virtual avatars, will be Julian’s wife Stella, WikiLeaks co-founder Kristinn Hrafnasson and Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn. The event, organised by the Don't Extradite Assange Campaign, will take place within the Wistaverse, located in the Sandbox metaverse, on the Polygon (MATIC-USD) blockchain. John Rees from the Don’t Extradite Assange campaign said the benefit of holding a metaverse mass protest is that,…