Facebook Misinformation Is Bad Enough. The Metaverse Will Be Worse

veliath writes: "It has long been known that mimicry can be exploited as a powerful tool for influence. A series of experiments by Stanford researchers has shown that slightly changing the features of an unfamiliar political figure to resemble each voter made people rate politicians more favorably.
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In the metaverse, it's easy to imagine this type of mimicry at a massive scale"

— Rand Waltzman, August 22, 2022