Facebook hits refresh with ‘Meta’ but internal leaks reveal a larger crisis
PBS, 31 Oct 2021
Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced ‘Meta’ as the new corporate name on Thursday. The rebranding comes as Facebook battles an onslaught of bad PR after a series of leaked internal documents reveal the company did not do enough to stop hate speech, anti-vaccine misinformation and conspiracies. New York Times’ technology reporter Sheera Frenkel joins.
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