Metaverse ads aimed at children under 13 could be particularly manipulative, given that young children may not be able to distinguish content from ads in virtual reality worlds, the self-regulatory ...
Meta ditched third-party fact-checking in the United States in January - Copyright AFP Brendan SMIALOWSKI Meta ditched third-party fact-checking in the United States ...
Meta has released a new “ad” for its flagship virtual reality app, Horizon Worlds — and it’s so much worse than anyone could have predicted. The 44-second clip Meta shared on Instagram over the ...
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Metaverse on its last legs

Meta, which is to say Facebook, laid off 1,500 or so employees from its Reality Labs division. A vast pool of talent wasted on Mark Zuckerberg's bet on virtual reality, it draws down a project that ...

What was the metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on. Late last year, ...