{"id":430854,"date":"2022-04-13T07:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T04:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-whistleblower-warns-metaverse-will-repeat-all-the-harms\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T07:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T04:58:08","slug":"facebook-whistleblower-warns-metaverse-will-repeat-all-the-harms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-whistleblower-warns-metaverse-will-repeat-all-the-harms\/","title":{"rendered":"# Facebook whistleblower warns Metaverse will repeat &#8216;all the harms&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a23fe5179d22\" 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-6a23fe5179d22\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-whistleblower-warns-metaverse-will-repeat-all-the-harms\/#%E2%80%9D_Facebook_whistleblower_warns_Metaverse_will_repeat_%E2%80%98all_the_harms_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Facebook whistleblower warns Metaverse will repeat &#8216;all the harms&#8217; &#8220;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-whistleblower-warns-metaverse-will-repeat-all-the-harms\/#Data_collection\" >Data collection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-whistleblower-warns-metaverse-will-repeat-all-the-harms\/#The_China_syndrome\" >The China syndrome<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Facebook_whistleblower_warns_Metaverse_will_repeat_%E2%80%98all_the_harms_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Facebook whistleblower warns Metaverse will repeat &#8216;all the harms&#8217; &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDQvZjRlN2VlMDktODgwOS00NWFjLTlkNzQtY2MxYzhiNWI2ZTMwLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-2a0745c6><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> whistleblower Frances Haugen has taken aim at Meta in a new interview, suggesting that its version of the Metaverse will simply repeat all of its past mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/\"> Politico<\/a>, Haugen said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve made very grandiose promises about how there&#8217;s safety-by-design  in the Metaverse. But if they don&#8217;t commit to transparency and access and other accountability measures, I can imagine just seeing a repeat of  all the harms you currently see on Facebook.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2021 Huagen leaked thousands of internal documents from Facebook to the Securities and Exchange Commission and <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>. Her experience working for the company has left her with concerns about privacy issues and about letting the corporation amass data about every aspect of user\u2019s interactions in the Metaverse. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m super concerned about how many sensors are involved. When we do the Metaverse, we have to put lots more microphones from Facebook; lots more other kinds of sensors into our homes,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t really have a choice now on whether or not you want Facebook spying on you at home. We just have to trust the company to do the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Haugen isn\u2019t the only one concerned. According to<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techyno.com\/majority-of-us-consumers-say-no-to-meta-owning-metaverse-data-survey\/\"> a recent survey<\/a>, 70% of people don\u2019t trust Meta to handle privacy properly.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Yen, CEO of encrypted email service ProtonMail is also concerned with the unilateral powers of Big Tech giants like Meta. Last week,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cbb1fe40-860d-4013-bfcf-b75ee6e30206\"> he said in an interview<\/a>, that his own company, Proton, will only be able to survive based on the goodwill of tech giants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTech giants could today remove us from the Internet with zero legal or financial repercussions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Yen has also raised concerns about Big Tech controlling the Metaverse in the past, telling<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/zuckerberg-facebook-metaverse-privacy-protonmail-1645530\"> Newsweek<\/a> last year that Meta was \u201cbuilding a new infrastructure where they control everything. They control the device, they have the VR headsets, you&#8217;re now in their world, on their devices, on their platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yen said that given their track record, he doesn\u2019t believe we should trust Meta with power like that and that promises around privacy in the Metaverse are useless unless its business model changes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At the end of the day, their business model revolves on taking your data and monetizing it. So, there is fundamentally always going to be a conflict between what they say and what they actually have to do to make  money.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Data_collection\"><\/span>Data collection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2021\/12\/virtual-worlds-real-people-human-rights-metaverse\"> Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a> (EFF) is a nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Like Yen, it believes that VR headsets and AR glasses, and other wearables, will make data collection and surveillance easier than ever before. In December they stated:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis data harvesting, sometimes done by companies with a history of putting profit before protections, sets the stage for unprecedented invasions into our lives, our homes, and even our thoughts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The EFF is concerned that data collected and used for targeted advertising will generate &#8220;biometric psychography&#8221; and that our deepest desires and inclinations will be up for sale. Once the information has been collated, the data could be monetized by third parties, even without our knowledge or agreement.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_China_syndrome\"><\/span>The China syndrome<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While the Metaverse may seem like an issue for the distant future, in China, citizens are living it every day, in a different way.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wechat.com\/\">WeChat<\/a> is the social media platform of choice in China. It has a mind-boggling user base of over one billion. Of those, 850 million are active users. The <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> is amassing data about users in China on a scale never seen before.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/hello-big-brother-how-china-controls-its-citizens-through-social-media\/a-38243388\"> And, the Chinese government can monitor every word, picture and video on it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WeChat came under heavy criticism from<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/training.rsf.org\/beijing-winter-olympics-rsf-urges-press-to-protect-themselves-against-surveillance\/\"> Reporters Without Borders<\/a> (RSF) before the Winter Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s earlier this year. RSF urged journalists to protect themselves against Chinese surveillance while reporting in-situ. They said, \u201cRSF recommends journalists who <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to China to avoid downloading applications that could allow the Chinese authorities to monitor them.\u201d These included WeChat and TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine having that power over the Metaverse.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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