elon musk urging him to ensure that human rights remain central to the management of the platform following the recent staff sackings. in about twenty minutes time we ll be hearing from the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey, but for now, bbc news click investigates the latest developments being made in the so called metaverse immersive, connected virtual worlds, where people can live, work and play. this week, metaverse marc tells real marc how it is. you had help from the likes of me the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that has helped with all of these stories on the telly. it s true. seven decades on, facial recognition reunites one holocaust survivor with a photo from her past. yeah, that is me, for sure. and spencer meets the robot doing improvised comedy. but unlike you humans, i can learn from my mistakes. ha ha ha. don t laugh this is serious stuff. whether we know it or not, whether we feel it or not, we are all connected. we re all made f
live, work and play. this week, metaverse marc tells real marc how it is. you had help from the likes of me, the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that has helped with all of these stories on the telly. it s true. seven decades on, facial recognition renos one holocaust survivor with a photo from her past. yeah, that is me, for sure. and spencer meets the robot doing improvised comedy. i can learn from my mistakes. ha ha ha. don t laugh, this is serious stuff. whether we know it or not, whether we feel it or not, we are all connected. we are all made from the same stuff. and the testing ground here in london is a brief reminder of that. this collaboration between artists and scientists at kings college london is an illustration of how our physical and digital environments come together in today s society sometimes in seemingly unconnected ways. and the sim project makes art out of the small chips that have for some years, been central to our communications, in
I suppose, what do you think . You understand its a fiction, its a drama, so you might think they might be taking some liberties, but you do assume it is very mu. Very. Its sticking to the truth. And when we were talking about it last week and we were planning that section of the programme, of course we invited netflix to take part, and it chose not to put a guest into the programme. So the only time weve actually heard from someone at netflix talking about this was to a parliamentary committee, which is where we get to the latest developments of the story. Exactly right. Because, as you say, the only time netflix has commented since the furore around this programme was when a netflix executive from the uk, benjamin king, gave evidence to the culture, media and Sport Committee and he talked about the show in this way. He said it was obviously a true story of the horrific abuse that the writer and Protagonist Richard Gadd suffered at the hands of a convicted stalker, and that is key con
Of stalking that he underwent and says he underwent in real life. And a lot of the controversy revolves around what happens right at the start of the first episode, where were told by netflix, by the producer of this programme, this is a true story. Exactly. Because it is unusual. You know, were used to seeing these kind of programmes where it might say, this is inspired by true events, or, this is based on a true story. Its very rare to see, this is a true story. And as a viewer, when you watch this as a true story, i suppose, what do you think . You understand its a fiction, its a drama, so you might think they might be taking some liberties, but you do assume it is very mu. Very. Its sticking to the truth. And when we were talking about it last week and we were planning that section of the programme, of course we invited netflix to take part, and it chose not to put a guest into the programme. So the only time weve actually heard from someone at netflix talking about this was to a p