A Lawless Land: LJ6
Part 1: It is always interesting, and incredibly concerning, to learn about social media, the internet, and ethics. In fact, it often feels like "Social media ethics" is an oxymoron. While many people do consider the ethical implications of using social media and providing these services, it is too obvious that corporations, especially the ones providing social media to the masses, lack ethical considerations. Casert and Chan's (2021) article about Facebook's rebranding to Meta and its focal shift to the Metaverse as a way to avoid controversy and current issues was eye-opening. Previous readings had merely discussed the Metaverse as Meta's next step and the rebranding as a whole, so this article and the other articles relating to it in this module helped to provide extra context to the shift. I agree with O'Flaherty (2021) when she says she doesn't think Facebook is safe and, if Facebook continues with current trends, the Metaverse certainly won't be
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