Facebook goes Meta: Zuckerberg announces new corporate name – NBC News

Facebook is reshuffling its names under a rebranded corporate parent: Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the change Thursday, saying he wanted a new brand and a clearer corporate naming scheme to help focus on what’s next for the internet beyond social media. The rebrand comes as Facebook faces a deluge of news stories and public scrutiny based on thousands of internal corporate documents obtained by news organizations, including NBC News. The documents, originating with former Facebook product manager and whistleblower Frances Haugen, reveal internal employee dissent over the platform’s policies. The change won’t affect the name of the company’s signature blue-colored app, which will keep the name Facebook. But it will mean a new identity for the corporate umbrella that also owns Instagram and WhatsApp. Together with the app Messenger, Meta will own and control four of the most popular smartphone apps in the world. The name is a nod to the idea of the “metaverse,” a term for a potential future internet that emphasizes virtual spaces. Zuckerberg said the metaverse will be the internet’s “next frontier.” Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook and its various apps would now fall under a new company name, Meta.Facebook”Facebook is one of the most-used products…
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