Edward Snowden Predicts Grim "Metaverse Future"

Edward Snownden comments on Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse.

Edward Snowden commented on Meta's stock price crash after the Q3 report.

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The famous whistleblower tweeted, “in five years he's gonna own your eyeballs and pause the ads every time you blink.”

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Commenting on Meta’s stock price crash, Snowden tweeted, you may laugh at him now but he will own your eyeballs in five years.

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Earlier, Meta’s metaverse division reported a loss of $3.67 billion for Q3, 2022.

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Despite continuous losses, Mark Zuckerberg is committed to investing more in its virtual reality lab division.

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Zuckerberg envisions the metaverse as the next big thing in the world of technology.

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Edward Snowden, however, predicts a grim dystopian future of Meta’s metaverse.

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