{"id":382329,"date":"2021-12-17T13:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that\/"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:44:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:44:40","slug":"racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that\/","title":{"rendered":"#Racism is already real in the metaverse \u2014 here\u2019s how we can fix that"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd2dccad09\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd2dccad09\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that\/#Utopian_visions_versus_hard_realities\" >Utopian visions versus hard realities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that\/#Technology_is_never_neutral\" >Technology is never neutral<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that\/#Facebook_and_its_relationship_with_Black_people\" >Facebook and its relationship with Black people<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that\/#A_democratically_accountable_metaverse\" >A democratically accountable metaverse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/racism-is-already-real-in-the-metaverse-heres-how-we-can-fix-that\/#The_metaverse_and_me\" >The metaverse and me<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Racism is already real in the metaverse \u2014 here\u2019s how we can fix that<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F12%2FUntitled-design-5-2.jpg&amp;signature=1de395a478e30cb8099274205694577c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images are interpreted <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nyupress.org\/9781479837243\/algorithms-of-oppression\/\">suffer from racial and gender biases<\/a>. People who have multiple marginalized identities, such as being Black and disabled, are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2021.16364\">even more at risk<\/a> than those with a single marginalized identity.<\/p>\n<p>This is why when Mark Zuckerberg laid out his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.fb.com\/connect-2021-our-vision-for-the-metaverse\/\">vision for the metaverse<\/a> \u2013 a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-is-the-metaverse-2-media-and-information-experts-explain-165731\">network of virtual environments<\/a> in which many people can interact with one another and digital objects \u2013 and said that it will <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2021\/10\/founders-letter\/\">touch every product<\/a> the company builds, I was scared. As a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=8ll_nkEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">researcher who studies<\/a> the intersections of race, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> and democracy \u2013 and as a Black woman \u2013 I believe it is important to carefully consider the values that are being encoded into this next-generation internet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-right zoomable\"><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<p>Problems are already surfacing. Avatars, the graphical personas people can create or buy to represent themselves in virtual environments, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2021-12-06\/cryptopunk-nft-prices-suggest-a-diversity-problem-in-the-metaverse\">are being priced differently<\/a> based on the perceived race of the avatar, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/features\/as-facebook-plans-the-metaverse-it-struggles-to-combat-harassment-in-vr\/\">racist and sexist harassment<\/a> is cropping up in today\u2019s pre-metaverse immersive environments.<\/p>\n<p>Ensuring that this next iteration of the internet is inclusive and works for everyone will require that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/design-justice\">people from marginalized communities take the lead<\/a> in shaping it. It will also require regulation with teeth to keep Big Tech accountable to the public interest. Without these, the metaverse risks inheriting the problems of today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, if not becoming something worse.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Utopian_visions_versus_hard_realities\"><\/span>Utopian visions versus hard realities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Utopian visions in the early days of the internet typically held that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/40971195\">life online would be radically different<\/a> from life in the physical world. For example, people envisioned the internet as a way to escape parts of their identity, such as race, gender and class distinctions. In reality, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Cybertypes-Race-Ethnicity-and-Identity-on-the-Internet\/Nakamura\/p\/book\/9780415938372\">internet is far from raceless<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/23299460.2017.1310523\">techno-utopias<\/a> communicate desired visions of the future, the reality of new technologies often doesn\u2019t live up to these visions. In fact, the internet has brought novel forms of harm to society, such as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oxford.universitypressscholarship.com\/view\/10.1093\/oso\/9780190931407.001.0001\/oso-9780190931407\">the automated dissemination of propaganda on social media<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/2\/18\/21121286\/algorithms-bias-discrimination-facial-recognition-transparency\">bias in the algorithms that shape your online experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg described the metaverse as a more <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2021\/10\/founders-letter\/\">immersive, embodied internet<\/a> that will \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=561535698440683\">unlock a lot of amazing new experiences<\/a>.\u201d This is a vision not just of a future internet, but of a future way of life. However off target this vision might be, the metaverse is likely \u2013 like earlier versions of the internet and social media \u2013 to have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/facebook\/videos\/577658430179350\/\">widespread consequences<\/a> that will transform how people socialize, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>, learn, work and play.<\/p>\n<p>The question is, will those consequences be the same for everyone? History suggests the answer is no.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technology_is_never_neutral\"><\/span>Technology is never neutral<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Widely used technologies often assume white male identities and bodies as the default. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/news\/opinionfacial-analysis-technology-bias.html\">MIT computer scientist Joy Buolomwini<\/a> has shown that facial recognition software <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/proceedings.mlr.press\/v81\/buolamwini18a\/buolamwini18a.pdf\">performs worse<\/a> on women and even more so on women with darker faces. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/news\/technologyfacial-recognition-bias.html\">Other<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/news\/technologyfacial-recognition-race-artificial-intelligence.html\">studies<\/a> have borne this out.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/_sgji-Bladk\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!--resp-video-container--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>MIT\u2019s Joy Buolomwini explains the \u2018coded gaze,\u2019 the priorities, preferences and prejudices of the people who shape technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/discriminating-data\">Whiteness is embedded as a default<\/a> in these technologies, even in the absence of race as a category for machine learning algorithms. Unfortunately, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/s2e9-race-technology-and-abolition-a-conversation\/id1447336564?i=1000490549117\">racism and technology<\/a> often go hand in hand. Black female politicians and journalists have been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org.uk\/press-releases\/women-abused-twitter-every-30-seconds-new-study\">disproportionately targeted<\/a> with abusive or problematic tweets, and Black and Latino voters were <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/news\/929248146black-and-latino-voters-flooded-with-disinformation-in-elections-final-days\">targeted in online misinformation campaigns<\/a> during the 2020 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>This historical relationship between race and technology leaves me concerned about the metaverse. If the metaverse is meant to be an embodied version of the internet, as Zuckerberg has described it, then does that mean that already marginalized people will experience new forms of harm?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Facebook_and_its_relationship_with_Black_people\"><\/span>Facebook and its relationship with Black people<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> relationship between technology and racism is only part of the story. Meta has a poor relationship with Black users on its Facebook platform, and with Black women in particular.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, ProPublica reporters found that advertisers on Facebook\u2019s advertising portal could exclude groups of people who see their ads <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/facebook-lets-advertisers-exclude-users-by-race\">based on the users\u2019 race<\/a>, or what Facebook called an \u201cethnic affinity.\u201d This option received a lot of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/03\/facebook-explains-that-it-is-totally-not-doing-racial-profiling\/\">pushback<\/a> because Facebook does not ask its users their race, which meant that users were being assigned an \u201cethnic affinity\u201d based on their <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/03\/facebooks-ad-platform-now-guesses-at-your-race-based-on-your-behavior\/\">engagement<\/a> on the platform, such as which pages and posts they liked.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Facebook was essentially racially profiling its users based on what they do and like on its platform, creating the opportunity for advertisers to discriminate against people based on their race. Facebook has since <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/news\/update-to-facebook-ads-targeting-categories\">updated its ad targeting categories<\/a> to no longer include \u201cethnic affinities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, advertisers are still able to target people based on their presumed race through <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themarkup.org\/news\/facebook-got-rid-of-racial-ad-categories-or-did-it\">race proxies<\/a><a>, which use combinations of users\u2019 interests to infer races. For example, if an advertiser sees from Facebook data that you have expressed an interest in African American culture and the BET Awards, it can infer that you are Black and target you with ads for products it wants to market to Black people.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Worse, Facebook has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gendersociety.wordpress.com\/news\/we-said-her-name-and-got-zucked-black-women-calling-out-of-digital-platforms\">frequently removed Black women\u2019s comments<\/a> that speak out against racism and sexism. Ironically, Black women\u2019s comments about racism and sexism <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/facebook-while-black-zucked-users-say-they-get-blocked-racism-discussion2859593002\/\">are being censored<\/a> \u2013 colloquially known as getting zucked \u2013 for ostensibly violating Facebook\u2019s policies against hate speech. This is part of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F08912432211029393\">larger trend within online platforms<\/a> of Black women being punished for voicing their concerns and demanding justice in digital spaces.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent Washington Post report, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/facebook-algorithm-biased-race\">Facebook knew<\/a> its algorithm was disproportionately harming Black users, but chose to do nothing.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_democratically_accountable_metaverse\"><\/span>A democratically accountable metaverse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In an interview with Vishal Shah, Meta\u2019s vice president of metaverse, National Public Radio host <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/news\/1053647199facebook-bets-its-future-on-the-metaverse\">Audie Cornish asked<\/a>: \u201cIf you can\u2019t handle the comments on Instagram, how can you handle the T-shirt that has hate speech on it in the metaverse? How can you handle the hate rally that might h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en in the metaverse?\u201d Similarly, if Black people are punished for speaking out against racism and sexism online, then how can they do so in the metaverse?<\/p>\n<p>Ensuring that the metaverse is inclusive and promotes democratic values rather than <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/news\/opinionsunday\/facebook-surveillance-society-technology.html\">threatens democracy<\/a> requires design justice and social media regulation.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/design-justice\">Design justice<\/a> is putting people who do not hold power in society at the center of the design process to avoid perpetuating existing inequalities. It also means starting with a consideration of values and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/designjustice.org\/read-the-principles\">principles to guide design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Federal laws have shielded social media companies <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-is-section-230-an-expert-on-internet-law-and-regulation-explains-the-legislation-that-paved-the-way-for-facebook-google-and-twitter-164993\">from liability for users\u2019 posts and actions<\/a> on their platforms. This means they have the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300173130\/custodians-internet\">right but not the responsibility to police their sites<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/3-ways-congress-could-hold-facebook-accountable-for-its-actions-169799\">Regulating Big Tech<\/a> is crucial for confronting the problems of social media today, and at least as important before they build and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/we-know-better-than-to-allow-facebook-to-control-the-metaverse-171467\">control the next generation of the internet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_metaverse_and_me\"><\/span>The metaverse and me<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I am not against the metaverse. I am for a democratically accountable metaverse. For that to happen, though, I assert there need to be better regulatory frameworks in place for internet companies and more just design processes so that technology doesn\u2019t continue to correlate with racism.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, the benefits of the metaverse don\u2019t outweigh its costs for me. But it doesn\u2019t have to stay that way.<!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. 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For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images are interpreted suffer from racial and gender biases. 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