Technology Billionaires Turn Social Media into a Battleground

The world of Big Tech is increasingly becoming a battleground for verbal warfare, as Silicon Valley leaders begin to launch fierce attacks on each other via social media. Last Tuesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey aimed his barbs at Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, criticizing his recent announcement about the metaverse. Dorsey commented on a tweet regarding the origin of the term "metaverse," describing it as a "virtual world owned by corporations where end users are treated as citizens in a dystopian corporate dictatorship." Zuckerberg, who co-founded the social network in 2004, stated that the key to Facebook's future lies in the concept of the metaverse, where users live within a virtual world. Headsets and services provided by Oculus for virtual reality are a fundamental part of realizing this vision. Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk opened another front in the verbal conflict, responding yesterday to a tweet about the "greatest evil of Google," saying that "Big Tech" is where talent goes to die.