You Do Not Want Facebook’s Metaverse

The company’s deference to profit over user safety undermines its latest rebranding effort.

A. Khaled

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook’s Developer Conference on April 30, 2019. Courtesy of Flickr by Anthony Quintano. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Having witnessed Mark Zuckerberg making a fool of himself at Georgetown University a few years ago, Facebook’s announcement of a name change to “Meta” carried with it the same unwitting pomposity. The company thinks of itself as a pioneer in the…

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A. Khaled

Internet culture scribe with an interest in the digital economy, content creators, media and politics.