Facebook working on ways to protect users in the ‘metaverse’: senior exec Nick Clegg

Facebook Inc.’s head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said the company was working on ways to protect users in the metaverse, speaking in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday.

The company last week changed its name to Meta Platforms Inc to reflect its focus on building the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet.

Clegg, who said it could take up to 15 years for the metaverse to come to fruition, said there would be time for the company to build in safety and privacy protections.