{"id":991038,"date":"2021-11-09T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=991038"},"modified":"2021-11-09T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:29:53","slug":"facebook-whistleblower-calls-out-companys-new-metaverse-over-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-whistleblower-calls-out-companys-new-metaverse-over-safety-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook whistleblower calls out company\u2019s new Metaverse over safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ffacebook-whistleblower-calls-out-companys-new-metaverse-over-safety-concerns%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=991038&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--><div id=\"attachment_2575814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2575814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photograph taken on October 28, 2021 shows the META logo on a laptop screen in Moscow as Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced the parent company\u2019s name is being changed to \u201cMeta\u201d to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:38 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, November 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A Facebook whistleblower says the company\u2019s new rebranded \u201cMetaverse\u201d would force people to give up even more of their personal information.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview this week, Frances Haugen, a former product manager for Facebook, said the new virtual reality world would require users to put more sensors in their homes and in the workplace. She also expressed concern over its addictiveness, which may encourage people to unplug from their own realities.<\/p>\n<p>The former Facebook employee said the company is continuing to disregard transparency and prioritizing profits over safety. She noted in her interview that she was shocked by the rebrand, pointing to the money spent on 10,000 new engineers to work on video games, but no further resources to keep women safe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen has told me that their rebrand is a bid to save its image. She also responded to Panorama&#8217;s online hate investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was shocked that they could afford 10,000 new engineers working on video games, but they couldn&#8217;t keep women safe.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrD19BIApr\">pic.twitter.com\/CrD19BIApr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marianna Spring (@mariannaspring) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariannaspring\/status\/1454134640655142913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA classic public health crisis communication technique is that if you don\u2019t like the conversation, you try to change the conversation. I\u2019ve heard from multiple sources that they rushed the launch of the Metaverse because they wanted to change the conversation,\u201d said Haugen. \u201cThey wanted to no longer talk about safety on their platforms. Instead, they want to talk about video games. I think, like it is a distraction. Unquestionably, it is a distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Haugen leaked documents to authorities regarding Facebook\u2019s questionable business practices and has testified publicly against the company in the U.S. and in Europe.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/iraqi-govt-blames-shiite-groups-for-botched-attack-on-prime-minister\/\">Iraqi Govt. 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