There has been a steady drip of negative stories following the release of the Facebook Papers, internal documents highlighting issues with the company, secreted out of the firm by whistleblower Frances Haugen. Read more: Trump ban decision shows the limits of a Facebook вЂSupreme CourtвЂ™ДoesnвЂ™t Facebook вЂ“ sorry, Meta вЂ“ have bigger things to worry about? вЂњIs Meta going to simply provide the tools rather than be the gatekeeper? I doubt that they would relinquish anything that might compromise their position as the definitive advertisement provider of the metaverse, for instance,вЂќ says Van Kleek. Meta did make oblique references to Apple in its announcement, saying it wanted to avoid a single company restricting what you can do and charging high fees, but Max Van Kleek at the University of Oxford is sceptical that Meta itself will wield control over its metaverse.

They want others to be prisoner on their platform.вЂќ

вЂњThey donвЂ™t want to be prisoner on other peopleвЂ™s platform. вЂњMy suspicion is that this is about owning the operating system of the future, and FacebookвЂ™s experience of being an app on other peopleвЂ™s вЂ“ rivalsвЂ™ вЂ“ operating systems,вЂќ says Anupam Chander at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC. Read more: Facebook vs Australia and the new battle to cut big tech down to sizeДЇor one thing, Meta doesnвЂ™t want to be known solely as a social media platform.

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