A FACEBOOK whistleblower is worried kids will waste away in Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse with little interest in the real world.
Frances Haugen shocked the world last year when she bravely came forward as the leaker who released thousands of top secret documents from her time working at the social network.
The data scientist has accused the tech giant of putting profit before public safety - something Facebook owner Meta has repeatedly denied.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Frances has revealed concerns about where Zuckerberg's big metaverse plan will go.
The metaverse is being spearheaded by the tech billionaire as a new virtual world where he wants us to work and socialise.
Frances, from Iowa, believes there are serious questions about the project that need to be answered before we go any further.
"Do we want a whole generation of young people to be like, 'oh, all my friends want to just be online with me'," she told The Sun.
"I worry more about the elderly too - instead of investing in community centres or making sure someone comes and sits with that person, are we going to basically shuttle off the most marginalised in our society to go and live in virtual reality?
"When we moved from desktops to phones, people got more hooked, because it was a more convenient form factor, it’s more intimate.
"When we switch to the metaverse it’s another step up in that escalation chain."
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