Francis Haugen, a former Meta employee who was a whistleblower, spoke about the company’s concerns about transferring abuses to the metadatabase that was created. Politico writes about it.

In October 2021, a former product manager announced Meta’s desire to increase audience engagement through certain algorithm settings. In particular, the platform was spreading misinformation and fueling hatred and ethnic violence.

Haugen did not exclude that a similar policy could be adapted in the metadata.

“Unless we commit to transparency, access and other accountability measures […]We’re going to see the same damage done on Facebook.”he explained.

The publication states that for the metaverse to work fully, it will be necessary to install sensors and microphones in homes, offices and possibly public places in addition to 3D headsets.

This is necessary to collect large amounts of data when creating avatars.

Politico warned that if Zuckerberg’s vision of the metaverse comes true, “we will wear gloves equipped with sensors that monitor whole-body movements.”

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is concerned that this real-time collection of personal data will make current government surveillance “child’s play”.

To alleviate these concerns, Meta has allocated $50 million to research complex privacy, security and responsible design issues.

For Haugen, these moves look unconvincing. In the metadatabase, the informant believes that Meta will do everything possible to build a detailed picture of users while ignoring privacy issues.

Privacy regulation on Metaverse is in its infancy, and many talk about processing standards and limitations on the collection of personal information. The journalists also concluded that, like ideas about the digital world, the details remain “vague.”

Recall that Meta started testing monetization in the Horizon Worlds metadatabase.

Earlier, the Financial Times reported that the company is considering creating centralized tokens for its own metadata warehouse.

In April 2022, analysts at the largest international bank Citibank estimated in a new report that the metaverse economy will grow to $13 trillion by 2030.