Mark Zuckerberg's 'metaverse' faces regulation, warns digital minister
2 years, 11 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg's 'metaverse' faces regulation, warns digital minister

The Telegraph  

Britain will seek to regulate the rise of the metaverse popularised by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook under its flagship Online Safety Bill, the UK’s digital minister has confirmed. Chris Philp, the UK’s digital minister, said metaverse companies would fall under its plans to tackle online harms and bring regulation to Big Tech firms. He said: “One of the reasons we need the Online Safety Bill is that Facebook, or Meta now, have not historically been doing enough to take care of their users or police the environments they operate in.” Asked if the new laws would also apply to the coming of the so-called “metaverse”, Mr Philp said: “Yes, if something is illegal in law in general it should not be allowed to happen online either. That is a clear principle.” The Online Safety Bill will apply to social media and internet companies, hitting them with fines worth potentially billions of pounds for failing to stop illegal posts or videos spreading online.

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Court allows multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Meta; privacy breach comes back to haunt Zuckerberg
1 month ago

Court allows multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Meta; privacy breach comes back to haunt Zuckerberg

Firstpost  

This brings yet another legal challenge for Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stemming from the misuse of 87 million Facebook users’ data during the 2016 US presidential campaign The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The high …

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harming children
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg not liable in lawsuits over social media harming children

India TV News  

A federal judge recently stated that Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta platform is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California rejected the accusations on Thursday, that Zuckerberg directed Meta's effort to conceal from children the serious mental health risks of using Instagram …

Why Mark Zuckerberg's style transformation worked.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why Mark Zuckerberg's style transformation worked.

Slate  

Mark Zuckerberg looks different. But if you’ve seen any images of Zuckerberg in the past year, you’ll know it’s not anomalous: At a funky-fresh 40 years young, the former boy-wonder has embraced a style transformation and vibe makeover. A digitally rendered avatar of Zuckerberg appeared in Meta’s new world, donning a buzz cut and long-sleeved henley t-shirt—a look that could …

Mark Zuckerberg Is Cozying Up to the Right. The Reason Why Is Gross.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg Is Cozying Up to the Right. The Reason Why Is Gross.

Slate  

Just in case you ever believed that Mark Zuckerberg came to understand the gravity of his role as the head of a Big Tech megaconglomerate whose apps serve as essential communication infrastructure for almost half of the world, he’s now doing everything he can to disabuse you of that generous notion. It’s also something about the way he and his …

Zuckerberg secures green light to train AI on public British Facebook posts
3 months, 1 week ago

Zuckerberg secures green light to train AI on public British Facebook posts

The Telegraph  

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has been given the green light to use millions of Britons’ Facebook and Instagram data to supercharge its artificial intelligence technology in a break with the EU. The UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, has waved through plans from Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to harvest billions of public posts and images from …

Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP

Wired  

This week Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Specifically, he said that in 2021 the Biden administration asked Meta “to censor some Covid-related content.” Meta did take the posts down, and Zuckerberg now regrets the decision. After years of insisting that, right or wrong, a social media company’s content decisions did …

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta CEO Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'

Raw Story  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes U.S. government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and said he would resist similar attempts in the future, according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee. Regarding the pandemic, the Facebook founder said the Biden administration had in 2021 "repeatedly pressured our teams …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. pressure on Covid-19 posts was 'wrong'

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes U.S. government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and said he would resist similar attempts in the future, according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee. Regarding the pandemic, the Facebook founder said the Biden administration had in 2021 "repeatedly pressured our teams …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes having hobbies and free time makes going back to work easier
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes having hobbies and free time makes going back to work easier

India Today  

We're seeing a new side of Mark Zuckerberg, or we can call it Zuckerberg 2.0. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Zuckerberg revealed that lately, he's been enjoying a lot of activities in his free time, including farming cattle, practising jiu-jitsu, and wakesurfing. While Zuckerberg is sharing a sneak peek into his rich billionaire life and navigating a personal transformation, …

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, was planning to start own streaming service, claims lawsuit
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, was planning to start own streaming service, claims lawsuit

Firstpost  

Meta, whose reputation in safeguarding its customer’s user data and privacy has been shaky at best may be facing a massive trouble. Image Credit: AFP In what may be the single biggest breach of public trust by Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta, Facebook let Netflix see users DMs to help them better programme content, a lawsuit has revealed. In a startling revelation, …

Mark Zuckerberg loses USD 3 billion after Meta outage: Shocking details here
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg loses USD 3 billion after Meta outage: Shocking details here

India TV News  

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta experienced a substantial loss of around USD 3 billion in a single day after the global outage surfaced and affected the company's flagship platforms- Facebook and Instagram. The outage resulted in a 1.6 per cent decrease in Meta’s share, contributing to the breakage of Mark Zuckerberg's net worth. Global outage impact on Meta Users …

Mark Zuckerberg's love for cage matches a major risk for Meta, say concerned investors
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg's love for cage matches a major risk for Meta, say concerned investors

Hindustan Times  

Meta has been in the news over the past week due to its massive surge in share price after stellar quarterly reports. However, the investors of the company are now concerned over CEO Mark Zuckerberg's extracurricular activities, more specifically, his love for cage matches. Meta's CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg has expressed his interest and participated in …

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world
11 months, 1 week ago

Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, review: how Facebook changed (then ruined) the world

The Telegraph  

Remember when Facebook seemed harmless? In Zuckerberg: King of the Metaverse, one former executive put it this way: “When I first joined, movies were being made; the founder was on the cover of Time magazine; you’re overthrowing dictators. Now, you’re being told you destroyed democracy.” The film traced Facebook from Zuckerberg’s invention to world domination and scandals involving data harvesting, …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly shut down calls from execs to improve teen safety on Facebook and Instagram and to shut down 'beauty filters,' court documents claim
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly shut down calls from execs to improve teen safety on Facebook and Instagram and to shut down 'beauty filters,' court documents claim

Daily Mail  

META CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally shut down calls to improve teen wellbeing on Facebook and Instagram, bombshell court documents claim. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg allegedly blocked calls to improve teen well-being on the app The lawsuit filed last month in Massachusetts state court alleges that Meta - and Zuckerberg - have 'relentlessly prioritized targeting these young users and has tailored …

‘Meta’s Deception’ about Instagram’s harmful qualities alleged in Massachusetts suit
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Meta’s Deception’ about Instagram’s harmful qualities alleged in Massachusetts suit

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly dismissed warnings from senior company officials that its flagship social-media platforms were harming young users, according to unsealed allegations in a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts. “The complaint is filled with selective quotes from hand-picked documents that do not provide the full context of how the company operates or what decisions were made.” The …

EU welcomes Meta plans for tough content rules
1 year, 6 months ago

EU welcomes Meta plans for tough content rules

The Hindu  

The EU on Friday cautiously welcomed efforts made by Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to prepare for new European rules on content moderation that kick in on August 25. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg "was very involved and knew exactly where we stand," EU commissioner Thierry Breton told reporters after talks at the social media giant's California headquarters. The …

The “remarkable shift” in Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership of Meta.
54 years, 11 months ago

The “remarkable shift” in Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership of Meta.

Slate  

In March, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a town hall meeting where employees could ask him about the future of the company. On Sunday’s episode of What Next: TBD, I spoke with Nix about Meta’s growing pains—and whether the company will be able to regain its footing amid layoffs, competition from TikTok, and a somewhat baffling bet on the Metaverse. …

Boost for Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook-owner Meta breaks year-long slump
1 year, 7 months ago

Boost for Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook-owner Meta breaks year-long slump

The Telegraph  

Shares in Facebook’s parent company Meta soared last night as it broke a losing streak to post its first rise in sales in a year. However, profits fell by 24pc and the company revealed a big drop in sales at its virtual reality division, showing that Mark Zuckerberg’s expensive bet on the metaverse is stuttering. The company’s overall revenue rise, …

Don't Focus On Teens With Metaverse: US Senator to Meta CEO Zuckerberg
1 year, 9 months ago

Don't Focus On Teens With Metaverse: US Senator to Meta CEO Zuckerberg

News 18  

US Senators have urged Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to stop plans to open its metaverse platforms to teenagers. Meta may open access to its social virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds for users aged 13 to 17 this month as it struggles to grow its VR business. According to TechCrunch, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey wrote a letter …

Meta launches paid subscription: What will it offer and who will benefit?
1 year, 10 months ago

Meta launches paid subscription: What will it offer and who will benefit?

Firstpost  

The new service will cost $11.99 a month for users who sign up via the Internet and $14.99 for those using mobile apps. The subscription will be voluntary and only users who are over the age of 18 will be allowed to subscribe San Francisco: Meta platform users will soon be able to follow in Twitter denizens’ footsteps in affixing …

Facebook-owner Meta to roll out paid subscription
1 year, 10 months ago

Facebook-owner Meta to roll out paid subscription

The Hindu  

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Sunday, following a similar move by Elon Musk at Twitter. Meta Verified, which will roll out first in Australia and New Zealand this week, will let users verify an "account with a government ID, …

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million
2 years ago

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 million

Live Mint  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case
2 years ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case

Associated Press  

SAN JOSE, California — Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, took the witness stand Tuesday in a trial over U.S. antitrust regulators’ effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup called Within Unlimited. If the deal is allowed to go through, the Federal Trade Commission argues, it would violate antitrust laws and dampen …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in FTC case to block virtual-reality deal
2 years ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in FTC case to block virtual-reality deal

Live Mint  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand Tuesday in a case in which the Federal Trade Commission is seeking to prevent the social-media company from acquiring a virtual-reality startup. The FTC is seeking an injunction blocking Meta’s planned acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc., the company behind the popular virtual-reality fitness game “Supernatural." Mr. Zuckerberg said …

Meta’s sad quest to convince corporates to join the metaverse
2 years ago

Meta’s sad quest to convince corporates to join the metaverse

The Telegraph  

A year after its launch, the Metaverse is still baffling to many. As Meta struggles with slowing sales amid founder Mark Zuckerberg’s fixation with computerised virtual reality worlds, brands are wondering whether they too need to follow the 38-year-old tech whizz into his bizarre vision of the future. Many companies have piled their marketing millions into metaverse experiments, launching virtual …

Facebook owner Meta lays off 13% of its employees, announces hiring freeze for Q1
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook owner Meta lays off 13% of its employees, announces hiring freeze for Q1

The Hindu  

Meta, in a blog post, on Wednesday shared that it will be firing 13% of its workforce around 11,000 employees. In a direct message to employees, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that staff reductions will be made across the company’s family of apps and Reality Labs. Meta, like other social media companies, enjoyed a financial boost during the pandemic lockdown …

Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power
2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Meta and Twitter show the drawbacks of giving self-satisfied billionaires too much power

LA Times  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the new name for his company, formerly Facebook, in October 2021. Back in the prehistoric era — in 2012, when Facebook staged one of the most hyped initial public stock offerings of all time — I warned the company’s newly minted shareholders that they had become wedded to Mark Zuckerberg. The stock reached its all-time …

Zuckerberg to testify in U.S. case against Facebook’s virtual reality deal
2 years, 1 month ago

Zuckerberg to testify in U.S. case against Facebook’s virtual reality deal

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission that argues the company's proposed deal to buy virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited should be blocked. In a court document filed with U.S. District Court Northern District Of California on Friday, the FTC listed 18 witnesses it plans to question, including …

Mark Zuckerberg to testify in US case against Facebook's virtual reality deal
2 years, 1 month ago

Mark Zuckerberg to testify in US case against Facebook's virtual reality deal

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission that argues the company's proposed deal to buy virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited should be blocked. In a court document filed with U.S. District Court Northern District Of California on Friday, the FTC listed 18 witnesses it plans to question, including …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in US case against Facebook’s VR deal
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in US case against Facebook’s VR deal

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to testify in a case by the Federal Trade Commission that argues the company's proposed deal to buy virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited should be blocked. In a court document filed with US District Court Northern District Of California on Friday, the FTC listed 18 witnesses it plans to question, including …

Is Zuckerberg’s metaverse buffering?
2 years, 1 month ago

Is Zuckerberg’s metaverse buffering?

The Hindu  

At the start of the Internet Age in the early 90s people accessed the world wide web through a dial-up connection. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse adventure is similar in some ways to the roughly three-decades old dial-up modem. About a year ago, in an effort to push away the spotlight from whistle-blower Frances Haugen and her revelations on how …

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse vanity project threatens to destroy Facebook
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse vanity project threatens to destroy Facebook

The Telegraph  

His push into virtual worlds is increasingly seen by investors as an expensive hobby. Meta employees have taken to calling metaverse projects “make Mark happy” or MMH, according to a report in the New York Times. Yet on Wednesday, an increasingly isolated Zuckerberg – who lost former right-hand woman Sheryl Sandberg earlier this year – insisted he was heading down …

Zuckerberg sets for 'Meta Connect' amid quality issues with VR project
2 years, 2 months ago

Zuckerberg sets for 'Meta Connect' amid quality issues with VR project

India TV News  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to announce the company's progress towards building the $10 billion metaverse, as internal reports claim there are still several quality issues and those building the virtual reality social network at the company are barely using it. Zuckerberg will share updates on the VR developer ecosystem, the progress building toward the metaverse, and 'Project Cambria', …

Virtual worlds championed by Mark Zuckerberg threaten the financial system, warns Bank of England
2 years, 4 months ago

Virtual worlds championed by Mark Zuckerberg threaten the financial system, warns Bank of England

The Telegraph  

The ‘metaverse’ technologies championed by Mark Zuckerberg pose a threat to financial stability, the Bank of England has warned. A report by the Bank found financial problems within metaverses – a catch-all term for virtual worlds where people interact via digital avatars – could have severe real-world financial consequences if controversial crypto technology is tied to their operations. Researchers said …

FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app
2 years, 4 months ago

FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Wednesday took legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, asserting the deal would hurt competition and violate antitrust laws. The regulators said that Meta already is a key player “at each level of the virtual reality sector,” owning the …

Watch This Space: Metaverse, Its Challenges and How To Protect Yourself In the Virtual World
2 years, 5 months ago

Watch This Space: Metaverse, Its Challenges and How To Protect Yourself In the Virtual World

News 18  

Even as several tech companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing Metaverse, a virtual world in which people can live, work, as well as play as avatars, there are several safety risks related to this complex platform. The Challenges During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for artificial intelligence, Omar Sultan Al …

Mark Zuckerberg thinks a billion people will join him in the metaverse
2 years, 6 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg thinks a billion people will join him in the metaverse

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg has predicted that a billion people will join his virtual reality …

Apple Calls Out Meta's Hypocrisy Over 47.5 Percent Commission On VR Purchases
2 years, 8 months ago

Apple Calls Out Meta's Hypocrisy Over 47.5 Percent Commission On VR Purchases

News 18  

Tech giant Apple has criticised Meta over the “metaverse" company’s plans to charge developers up to 47.5 per cent for virtual goods sold through the Meta Quest store. On Monday, Meta announced it would take an additional 17.5 per cent cut from goods sold in “Horizon Worlds" after taking a 30 per cent platform fee for being on the Meta …

Meta is making Zuck Bucks: What exactly is it?
2 years, 8 months ago

Meta is making Zuck Bucks: What exactly is it?

Firstpost  

After giving up on its cryptocurrency venture named Diem, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is reportedly planning to introduce virtual currency to its apps, internally dubbed as “Zuck Bucks” After giving up on its cryptocurrency venture named Diem, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is reportedly planning to introduce virtual currency to its apps, internally …

Meta Building Digital Currency 'Zuck Bucks' That's Not A Cryptocurrency
2 years, 8 months ago

Meta Building Digital Currency 'Zuck Bucks' That's Not A Cryptocurrency

ABP News  

New Delhi: Now eyeing the finance space, Facebook's parent company Meta is building a digital currency that it calls "Zuck Bucks". Seemingly named after the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Zuck Bucks won't be a cryptocurrency based on blockchain, but it will be an in-app token that will be centrally controlled by the Meta Group, according to a report published in …

Facebook parent Meta moves Nick Clegg to new role in next step of metaverse push
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook parent Meta moves Nick Clegg to new role in next step of metaverse push

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg promoted Nick Clegg to president of global affairs, giving the former politician a leading role as the parent company of Facebook tries to navigate myriad global regulatory challenges. The new position for Mr. Clegg, who joined the company in 2018, puts the former British deputy prime minister on the same level as …

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks

Associated Press  

Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs — and billions of dollars — into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is pretty anxious about it. At the same time, it invested more than $10 billion in CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious plan to transform Meta Platforms Inc. into a virtual reality — actually, make that “metaverse-based” — company. “Betting big …

Expect in 2022: Mark Zuckerberg launching new VR headset and talking big on Meta, VR headset from Apple, Google
2 years, 11 months ago

Expect in 2022: Mark Zuckerberg launching new VR headset and talking big on Meta, VR headset from Apple, Google

India Today  

In our top predictions for 2022, we had mentioned how we expect the metaverse concept to blow up this year. And since we are talking about names, no company has embraced the metaverse concept as dearly as Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Now that the concepts of the metaverse and virtual reality and augmented reality have become the buzzwords, it …

Academics urge Zuckerberg for better research on mental health effects of Facebook
3 years ago

Academics urge Zuckerberg for better research on mental health effects of Facebook

The Hindu  

A coalition of academics from universities around the world have penned an open letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking him to establish better research practices to impact of Facebook’s apps on mental health of children and adolescents. The coalition, led by the Oxford Internet Institute, wrote in the letter it believes that the way Meta is studying the mental …

Facebook At Risk Of Missing The Point Of Metaverse: Report
3 years ago

Facebook At Risk Of Missing The Point Of Metaverse: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: Social networking giant Facebook, which adopted a new moniker Meta in late October, based on sci-fi term metaverse, is at the risk of missing the point of metaverse if it is not able to permit digital ownership, a new report says. According to a report by news agency Reuters, metaverse participants do not think the social media giant …

What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?
3 years ago

What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?

Wired  

To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. On the other hand, while the big tech money has started moving into generative AI, a lot of marketing hype has already been wrapped up in selling the idea of “the metaverse.” Facebook, in particular, is in an especially …

The metaverse is already here. The debate now is over who should own it
3 years, 1 month ago

The metaverse is already here. The debate now is over who should own it

NPR  

The metaverse is already here. Last month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent everyone running to their dictionaries to figure out what he was talking about when he said Facebook was changing its name to Meta and declared the metaverse not only the next chapter for his company, but "the next chapter for the internet." "These are virtual worlds that, when you're …

Facebook says harassment in metaverse is ‘existential threat’ but moderation is ‘practically impossible’
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook says harassment in metaverse is ‘existential threat’ but moderation is ‘practically impossible’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chief technology officer of Meta, the newly-named parent company of Facebook, has …

Metaverse could be an existential threat to Facebook, warns Meta
3 years, 1 month ago

Metaverse could be an existential threat to Facebook, warns Meta

India Today  

Meta chief technology officer and former Facebook employee Andrew Bosworth in an internal memo had noted that virtual reality can be a toxic environment, especially for women and minorities. The memo, which dates back to March noted that Metaverse would be an existential threat to Facebook if it turned off mainstream customers from the medium entirely. Bosworth later posted a …

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