Zuckerberg’s metaverse will invade workers’ privacy, whistleblower says

Enlarge / Facebook/Meta wants its metaverse to be at the center of nearly everything, including work. (credit: Facebook)

Facebook/Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision of the virtual reality-fueled future could bring new privacy risks to our homes and workplaces, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said.

Last month, Zuckerberg announced that he would focus his company on the metaverse. While the concept has many meanings, to Zuckerberg, it's an even more immersive and embodied Internet," where users can meet with friends, connect with colleagues, shop for goods and services, and so on. In other words, Zuckerberg wants to take people's lives and put them inside a metaverse, preferably one he controls.

To Haugen, that's a red flag. Facebook should have a transparency plan for the metaverse before they start building all this stuff because they've demonstrated with regard to Facebook that they can hide behind a wall, they keep making unforced errors, they keep making things that prioritize their own profits over our safety," she said in an interview with the Associated Press.

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