{"id":1027651,"date":"2021-11-18T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T18:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1027651"},"modified":"2021-11-18T13:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T18:43:39","slug":"leftist-magazine-jacobin-facebooks-metaverse-must-be-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-magazine-jacobin-facebooks-metaverse-must-be-stopped\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Magazine Jacobin: Facebook\u2019s &#039;Metaverse&#039; Must Be Stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-magazine-jacobin-facebooks-metaverse-must-be-stopped%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1027651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Leftist magazine Jacobin has taken aim at Facebook (now known as Meta), stating that the company\u2019s new digital metaverse must be stopped. The magazine claims Mark Zuckerberg has just found another way to&nbsp;\u201ccolonize our lives in the name of profit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an article titled \u201cFacebook\u2019s \u2018Metaverse\u2019 Must Be Stopped,\u201d the leftist publication Jacobin takes issue with Facebook\u2019s digital metaverse project, stating that the new online world is just another attempt to \u201ccolonize our lives in the name of profit.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_11271932\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"41\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1140291756-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11271932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1140291756-1.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is applauded as he delivers the opening keynote introducing new Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram privacy features at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on April 30, 2019. \u2013 Got a crush on another Facebook user? The social network will help you connect, as part of a revamp unveiled Tuesday that aims to foster real-world relationships and make the platform a more intimate place for small groups of friends. (Photo by Amy Osborne \/ AFP) (Photo credit should read AMY OSBORNE\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18507186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18507186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckerberg introduces Meta (Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The author of the article, the interestingly-named Paris Marx, notes that a key pitch for the metaverse has been that it can act as a place to not only play and socialize but to work and host meetings. But Marx worries that this could be a negative thing, stating:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"21.773089171975\">\n<p>As the recent Microsoft announcements and Facebook\u2019s own&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/8\/19\/22629942\/facebook-workrooms-horizon-oculus-vr\">Horizon Workrooms<\/a> demonstrate, applications for work are considered central to the metaverse, but why the sudden interest in virtual office environments? During the pandemic, many workforces, including those in tech, went remote to reduce the spread of COVID-19, but now many workers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/worklife\/article\/20211007-the-parents-who-dont-want-to-go-back-to-the-office\">don\u2019t want to go back<\/a>. Employers deployed&nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/09\/24\/remote-work-from-home-surveillance\/\">whole range of software<\/a> to track their employees since they weren\u2019t in the office and metaverse applications would offer new and improved ways of doing that. If you can\u2019t be in the physical office, you\u2019ll be expected to be present in the virtual one \u2014 and monitored every minute you\u2019re there.<\/p>\n<p>But the transformation could be much more significant than an expansion of surveillance. Companies like Uber and Amazon not only rolled out algorithmic management systems through the 2010s to limit workers\u2019 autonomy and increase production targets, but they also expanded the number of workers engaging in piece work through the gig economy and platforms like Mechanical Turk. Ball writes that the metaverse will be \u201cthe next great labour platform,\u201d while Zuckerberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0294iXEPO4Y\">said<\/a> it will give \u201cpeople access to jobs and more places, no matter where they live.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Marx further notes that Silicon Valley firms tend to have a \u201cmove fast and break stuff\u201d attitude, which can be beneficial to developing products and services but costly to lives of those affected by an entirely new ecosystem like the metaverse. Marx writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Silicon Valley tends to feel it can do whatever it wants. Its major companies have ignored regulations with little consequence and shaped how we communicate to increase profits despite causing social harm. As the pressure for the metaverse to become reality grows, we need to be ready to oppose it. But we should also start thinking beyond the tech industry\u2019s visions for technological solutions that serve their business interests and instead imagine how tech can be developed for the public good.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobinmag.com\/2021\/11\/facebook-metaverse-mark-zuckerberg-play-to-earn-surveillance-tech-industry\">Jacobin here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#5d31283e3c2e3332313c331d2d2f32293233303c3431733e3230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"59352c3a382a373635383719292b362d363734383035773a3634\">[email&nbsp;protected]<\/span><\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist magazine Jacobin has taken aim at Facebook (now known as Meta), stating that the company\u2019s new digital metaverse must be stopped. 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