In the midst of turmoil, Facebook changes its name to become Meta – franceinfo

A new name for a new start? Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, announced Thursday, October 28 that the parent company will now be called Meta, to better represent all of its activities, from social networks to virtual reality, but the names of the various services will remain unchanged .

The founder of the tech giant, accused of putting profits before humans by a whistleblower and many elected officials, has chosen “meta” (“beyond” in ancient Greek) to show that there is “always more to build”.

“We have learned a lot by facing many problems”, he said, judging that it is now time to learn the lessons for “build the next chapter”. This announcement was made after an hour and a half of presentation of the “metaverse”, for meta-universe. According to him, the metaverse represents the future of the Internet, after computers and mobile phones, to which the public will have access to interact, work or be entertained via technologies (augmented reality glasses, virtual reality headsets, etc. ).

The firm “thinks a new brand can help him change the subject”, has already reacted last week an NGO of anti-Facebook activists, ironically baptized “the real supervisory board of Facebook” , when rumors of a name change were circulating.