Facebook Changes Name To ‘Meta’ in Rebranding Exercise

Facebook’s Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced the parent company’s name is being changed to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.

Facebook the company will be known as “Meta,” while Facebook will still be available as a social media product alongside WhatsApp and Instagram.

Zuckerberg said that the Facebook brand is too limited to represent what the company wants to do in the future. The new name and brand will represent Facebook’s apps and its evolving work on augmented and virtual reality products.

The name is meant to “reflect who we are and what we hope to build,” Zuckerberg said.

“Over time, I hope we are seen as a metaverse company. From now on, we’re going to be metaverse first, not Facebook first. I hope that people come to know the Meta brand and the future that we stand for.”

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