Sometimes I think about how much damage Facebook has done to democracies and how it was supposed to be this fun thing to “connect us” with another. Then I think about how an unregulated Facebook just introduced this fun new thing called “metaverse.” We laughed derisively.
Why do we laugh? Do we really know what it is? What effects it might have on perceptions of reality? On young people? We’re just watching in real time, knowing what we know about the effects of Facebook’s products on our democracy. Where is the regulatory framework?
Every day new info is revealed about how Facebook is being used and has been used to undercut democracy and it’s potential harms to young people. But the company just rolls out new “virtual reality” products w/the same forced innocence we’ve seen in the past.
At this point it’s not the company’s fault. It’s ours. We’re responsible for protecting democracy and our children, not Facebook. Congress needs to move on voting rights, policing, and regulating the reach and products of online platforms. Yesterday.
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