Facebook changes its corporate name to ‘Meta’ amid torrent of scandals

Facebook revealed its caller firm sanction connected Thursday, rebranding the institution that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp arsenic “Meta.” 

The tech giant’s aged sanction conscionable “doesn’t encompass everything that we do,” laminitis Mark Zuckerberg said successful a lengthy online event.

The caller sanction is portion of Zuckerberg’s semipermanent propulsion to stress the “metaverse” — a virtual world satellite that wherever users tin socialize, work, play games and make art. 

The “Meta” logo includes what appears to beryllium a warped mentation of the infinity symbol.

The alteration comes arsenic Facebook seeks to shingle a torrent of scandals aft whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked institution probe showing Instagram’s negative effect connected teens’ intelligence health, Facebook’s struggles to halt quality trafficking connected its platform and the widespread sharing of mendacious quality astir elections connected its sites. 

A defiant Zuckerberg — who has not publically responded to calls to attest successful Congress amid the scandals — indirectly addressed the contented during the lawsuit and accused critics of being stuck successful the past.

“With each the scrutiny and nationalist debate, immoderate of you mightiness beryllium wondering wherefore we’re doing this close now,” said Zuckerberg. “Some radical volition accidental that this isn’t a clip to absorption connected the future, and I privation to admit that determination are important issues to enactment connected successful the present. There ever volition be. 

“For galore people, I’m not definite determination volition beryllium a bully clip to absorption connected the future,” added Zuckerberg successful an seemingly sarcastic jab.

The sanction alteration is portion of Zuckerberg’s semipermanent propulsion to stress the “metaverse” — a virtual world satellite that wherever users tin socialize, work, play games and make art. Facebook