Facebook changes name to Meta

<p><strong>Facebook has changed its name to Meta in a major rebrand as the social media giant continues to face an unprecedented scrutiny over its business practices&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company said the new name would better &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;encompass” what it does now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The firm has made clear its future goal to create an online world&comma; called Metaverse&comma; where people can work&comma; game and communicate in a virtual environment&comma; using VR headsets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We believe the metaverse will be the successor to the mobile internet&period; We’ll be able to feel present – like we’re right there with people no matter how far apart we actually are&comma;” founder Mark Zuckerberg said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ll be able to express ourselves in new joyful&comma; completely immersive ways&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The best way to understand the metaverse is to experience it yourself&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The name change announcement was made at Facebook’s annual developer conference&comma; the BBC reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;bobriskys-former-personal-assistant-oye-kyme-in-coma&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0000ff&semi;">Bobrisky Former PA&comma; Oye Kyme In Coma<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The firm has come under fire and has been the subject of negative news coverage after a former employee leaked damaging documents showing the company knew its brands such as Instagram had negative impact on young people but focused more on profit-making&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rebrand is expected to position the flagship app &lpar;Facebook&rpar; as one of several products under a parent company&comma; Meta&comma; following in the footsteps of Google which set up a holding company&comma; Alphabet&comma; in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;