Exclusive: 'Pioneering' Virtual Rally in Support of Julian Assange to Launch in Metaverse - Not to Replace But 'Heavily' Promote Real-Life Protests, Organizers and Wistaverse Co-founder Said in Interview
The campaign to stop the extradition of Julian Assange will launch the first-ever virtual political rally this Saturday in the Wistaverse metaverse. The organizers and the Wistaverse co-founder spoke to Cryptonews about the importance of holding a protest in this novel space, the difference between the metaverse and real-life protests, and the future of virtual rallies.
According to the press release shared with Cryptonews, the rally, organized by the Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign, will take place on August 26 at 5pm BST.
It's part of the effort to prevent the WikiLeaks founder's extradition to the USA, where he could face a 175-year jail sentence for exposing war crimes, government corruption, and mass surveillance.
The virtual rally will include a pre-recorded speech by Assange, as well as speeches by his wife Stella Assange, WikiLeaks co-founder and editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, and British politician Jeremy Corbyn, among others.
The speakers will appear as characters or with pre-recorded videos. Each attendee will also be represented by an avatar.
Jules Alcazar, Co-Founder of the Wistaverse, told Cryptonews that the attendees will be able to communicate with each other, voice their opinions, ask questions, organize their actions, make key contacts, and access resources and information.
John Rees from the Don't Extradite Assange Campaign added that the participants will get to sign petitions, join newsletters, donate, and write to their MPs.
The aim is to reach a wider audience and also involve those who will attend the Day X protest at the Royal Courts of Justice when the date is known, "in an online event which will feed into that real-time protest," Rees told Cryptonews, adding:
"We want to publicise the
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