META – A new frontier for the surveillance state and online crime
On October 28, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg announced the introduction of Meta, which “brings together our apps and technologies under one new company brand.” According to Facebook’s website the intention of Meta is to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. The metaverse has various definitions. It was originally coined in a 1992 science fiction novel, Snow Crash, where humans, as avatars, interacted with each other and software a