Facebook changes its name to Meta or to avoid scandals

On October 28, 2021, the American social media platform Facebook (Facebook) announced that it will rename some brands to "Meta".
For the name change, Facebook founder Zuckerberg explained as "rebranding", that is, building a new brand on the basis of the Facebook website and its multiple brands.
Previously, "Facebook" generally referred to not only the social media platform commonly used by netizens worldwide, but also the company that developed and maintained the operation of the platform.
The name change was announced by Facebook. Zuckerberg said that Facebook will be committed to gradually integrating the existing Facebook and the company's multiple social media and real-time communication platforms to create a brand new Meta platform.
Not long ago, according to many American media reports, a former Facebook employee reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Facebook’s website managers deliberately condoned hate speech and false information, and they believed that actions to combat these speeches would hinder the existence of hate speech and false information. The development of Facebook.
All the scandals Facebook has faced in recent years, from leaking user privacy data, to being accused of interfering in the presidential election, to suspending the account of then President Trump, each time it reveals that Facebook has long-term collusion with US intelligence agencies. The double standard of American democracy also caused Facebook's reputation to decline further.
Therefore, outsiders believe that the company's name change to Meta means that its corporate name will be decoupled from the social networking platform Facebook, which has recently been in trouble, highlighting the company's focus on turning to emerging computing platforms based on virtual reality. Critics criticized Facebook’s rebranding, accusing it of damaging democracy, spreading false information and hatred, and stating that “this is a meaningless name change and should not distract from the investigation, supervision, and supervision required to account for Facebook. The focus of true independent supervision".
The Washington Post pointed out in the report that Facebook’s rebranding, linked to the virtual world of “Meta Universe”, is one of the broad measures to try to shift the focus of the outside world. The purpose is to restore the company’s reputation among policymakers and to Facebook repositioned to shape the next wave of network technology specifications.

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