A rumour and a misconception are spreading on social media that Facebook will be renamed Meta. That is entirely wrong. What has actually changed is the name of Facebook, Inc.
Facebook versus Facebook, Inc.
Facebook is an internet-based service provider. Facebook, Inc., by contrast, is a business entity. The Facebook service, along with WhatsApp, Instagram and other companies, previously operated through the Facebook, Inc. company. Because that narrows the business's scope and does not represent all of its services, the new name Meta, Inc. has been adopted. In essence the company is moving from the world of two-dimensional screens towards a three-dimensional world, and towards virtual and augmented reality. It is with that goal that Facebook is going to build the metaverse — and it is from that metaverse that the name Meta was chosen.
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So nothing will change in the Facebook website or app that we use. Only the name Facebook, Inc. is changing.
Date of publish: 2021-10-21 Review url: https://scienceclub.shikkhaweb.com/fake-facebook-renamed-to-meta/ Review by: Md. Ashraful Alam Shemul
Claim reviewed:
Only Facebook's business name has changed. The name of the Facebook website has not.
Rating: 1 (best score: 6), “False”.
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Announcing @Meta — the Facebook company’s new name. Meta is helping to build the metaverse, a place where we’ll play and connect in 3D. Welcome to the next chapter of social connection. pic.twitter.com/ywSJPLsCoD
— Meta (@Meta) October 28, 2021
Meta's announcement on Twitter