News of Facebook’s new company name, Meta, quickly attracted the scorn of the internet, reports CNN.
The new name
The name change comes as the company shifts its focus to the “metaverse,” which refers to efforts to combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm.
Confronting its real world problems
At the same time, the company is also confronting its real world problems after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents that give deep insight into the company’s internal culture, its approach to misinformation and hate speech moderation, internal research on its news feed algorithm, and communication related to the January 6 insurrection.
People’s opinion
“The only meta we acknowledge,” tweeted writer Mitchell Clark, who posted a picture of former NBA player Meta World Peace.
While some of the jokes and memes were light and funny, others took a darker tone.
“Renaming ‘Facebook ‘Meta’ solves the same kinds of problems that renaming ‘torture’ ‘enhanced interrogation’ did,” tweeted scientist Matt Blaze. He was referencing the CIA’s techniques for extracting information from suspected terrorists after 9/11 attacks.
“Gonna take awhile to get used to saying ‘He was radicalized in a META group,'” a tweet from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah read.
Some companies even joined in on poking fun at the new name.
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Source: CNN
