Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said she fears the impact of the “metaverse.” She's sure that
Francis Haugen - American engineerdata scientist and scientist, product manager and whistleblower. In 2019, Haugen took a job at Facebook as a product analyst, in a team that worked on issues related to democracy and disinformation in society. I quit in May 2021 when this department stopped working. In December 2020, I first met with a journalist from The Wall Street Journal to discuss the publication of internal Facebook materials. At first, she provided the publication with copies of internal documents. Based on them, the editors published a series of articles.
Haugen has already given a series of performances beforeEuropean legislators who are developing rules for social networks and trying to regulate them. She said her former employer rushed to prioritize the "metaverse" to "change the conversation" away from the company's current issues.
In his statements, Haugen emphasizes thatFacebook must have a "transparency plan for the 'metaverse'" before moving forward with the project. “They can hide behind a wall, they continue to make unforced errors, they continue to do things that put their own profit before safety,” the whistleblower emphasizes.
According to her the IT giant is puttingThe focus is on user engagement and growth, not on Internet security. She says Facebook's systems fail to protect young people from harmful content and the company has no incentive to fix the problems. The creation of a “metaverse” will worsen the situation, Haugen is sure.
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