Focus on ‘metaverse’: Zuckerberg’s plans to scare whistleblowers

Wednesday 3 November 2021

Focus on “Metaverse”
Zuckerberg’s plans terrified whistleblowers

Facebook is giving itself a new name: the company will be called “meta” in the future. The new designation is not a cosmetic measure, but rather an indication of the future priorities of the company’s strategy. They are in the so-called metaverses. The development scares former insiders.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Hogan is concerned about Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to direct the online giant into the “Metaverse” virtual world. “Personally, I am terrified by the idea of ​​bringing more Facebook microphones and sensors into our homes and offices and letting them spy on us when we have no idea how they use the data,” Haugen said. Facebook has repeatedly shown that the company cannot be trusted and that public statements do not match developments in the group.

Haugen specifically confirmed that Facebook wanted to offer devices like virtual reality glasses that could represent virtual reality at cost. “They want to make it impossible for others to compete with them on an equal footing because Facebook can burn money to get into their heads.”

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and president of Facebook, recently announced the group’s renaming to Meta in order to emphasize the focus on the “Metaverse” as the future of digital communications. The former Facebook employee Haugen has downloaded a large trove of internal documents and made them available to the US Congress, select authorities and media. According to her, the information shows that the group puts profits above the welfare of its users. Internal signals of developments harmful to users have been ignored. Facebook rejects these allegations.

Haugen welcomed the Internet’s current decision to crush the facial recognition function. “I think this shows how important it is that we take a tough stance on Facebook’s actions,” she said. “Because if we come together and demand reasonable things, we can make progress.”