Chen: User-generated gaming platforms face same regulatory scrutiny as social media
Andrew Chen · Marc Andreessen & Andrew Chen Talk Creative Computers · Jun 19, 2024 · at 19:34
Andrew Chen, General Partner at a16z Games, explains to founders at a16z's SPEEDRUN accelerator why game developers working on UGC platforms cannot ignore regulatory and political issues.
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“A lot of the most interesting new platforms like you know, UEFN and Roblox, which are user generated, you know, content platforms, you know, all the metaverse work that's also happening as well. You know, all of those kind of fall into user generate, you know, this whole war that's happened over, over social media and user generated content, because, you know, in the end is like, as soon as users are get to actually make things, And express, you know, how they feel, then all of a sudden it's not that different from social media.”
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