THE FACEBOOK GROUP WILL CHANGE NAME

TO BE CALLED META

Mr. Zuckerberg also unveiled the new logo:

an icon reminiscent of an infinite symbol and the Oculus virtual reality glasses, which belongs to the group.

The objective is to highlight the metaverse contraction of “meta” (“beyond”, in ancient Greek), to show that there is “always more to build”, and “universe”, his project of Internet of the future, supposed to reach a billion people.

No changes are made to the structure of the group, which includes Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Oculus and Portal, among others.

According to the founder, 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. .).

Still according to Zuckerberg, the project should create "millions" of jobs over the next decade, including 10,000 in Europe.

In the midst of the “Facebook Files” affair, this name change appears to be a distraction by critics of the Californian group, entangled in scandals and controversies, from disinformation to data confidentiality, including respect for competition law. .

The firm "thinks that a new brand can help it change the subject", already reacted last week an NGO of anti-Facebook activists, ironically baptized "the real supervisory board of Facebook" (The Real Facebook Oversight Board ), when rumors of a name change were circulating.