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Meta Platforms Inc. aka Meta was formerly known as Facebook and is an American technology conglomerate situated in Menlo Park, California. Meta now acts as a parent company to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other subsidiaries. Meta is seen as one of the American big five in tech, along with Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. The company changed its name to Meta because of the renewed focus on building a giant metaverse – a network of virtual worlds which will be inhabited by social avatars of real people – with the goal to tie the whole world together into one giant, social network. Meta’s services include Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. It has also acquired Oculus, Giphy, Mapillary, Kustomer and holds a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms. The new name came into effect on October 28, 2021. Mark Zuckerberg acts as the CEO for Meta, Sheryl Sandberg is the COO, Nick Clegg is president of Global Affairs, Mike Schroepfer is the chief technology officer, David Wehner is the Chief Financial Officer and Chris Cox is the Chief Product Officer. As of December 2020, Meta had almost 59,000 employees. The company’s board of directors include Peggy Alford from PayPal, Drew Houston from Dropbox, Nancy Killefer from McKinsey and Company, Tony Xu from DoorDash and Peter Thiel from Clarium Capital among others. More
The trial set to play out in Los Angeles Superior Court until the end of March will serve as a critical test for thousands of similar lawsuits that target not only Meta and Google, but also TikTok Inc. and Snap Inc.
Court documents reveal Meta executives were warned internally that up to 5,00,000 cases of online sexual exploitation could be happening every day on Facebook and Instagram, as a major child safety trial begins.
Meta and Google-owned YouTube face a landmark California jury trial accused of designing addictive platforms that harm children, potentially setting a precedent amid hundreds of similar lawsuits nationwide this year.
The European Union is escalating its scrutiny of Meta, warning that WhatsApp’s new AI access rules may illegally block rivals. Regulators say emergency measures could follow as concerns grow that Meta is locking competitors out of a fast-moving AI market.
The dispute traces back to WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy update, which informed users that data could be shared with other Meta-owned companies for purposes such as operating and improving services.
Reprimanding the US company, Chief Justice Surya Kant observes: "You can't play with the privacy of our country... we will not allow you to share a single digit of our data" and said it could leave India if the country's laws are not followed.
Oakley and Meta have launched the Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses in India with a built-in camera, fitness tracking, open-ear audio and Hindi voice support, starting at Rs 52,300.
The lawsuit, brought by the state’s Attorney General after an undercover investigation, accuses the company of prioritising profit over child safety. Meta has strongly denied the claims, calling them misleading and legally flawed.
Meta India's revenue from operations grew by 25 percent YoY to Rs 3,792.9 crore in FY25 while total expenses increased by 22.6 percent.
AI agents are "really beginning to work," unlocking the ability to build completely new products and transform how the company works, said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that 2026 will be a big year for delivering personal super intelligence, building infrastructure for the future, and shaping how the company will work going forward
Meta AI researcher Zifan Wang, who spent seven years in the US, said being denied re-entry after a visit to China was “unexpected and crazy.”
Meta has begun blocking links to ICE List, a website that tracks immigration enforcement activity and names government agents, raising questions about privacy, safety, and free speech on social media.
A Reuters report alleges Meta ignored internal safety warnings and allowed minors to access AI chatbots capable of sexual interactions, triggering a major legal battle and renewed scrutiny over child safety on Facebook and Instagram.
In the lawsuit filed Friday in US District Court in San Francisco, the group of plaintiffs allege that Meta’s privacy claims are false
Solos, an AI smart glasses maker, has filed a lawsuit against Meta and EssilorLuxottica, alleging that the Ray-Ban Meta glasses infringe on its patents and have caused significant commercial harm.
Meta's global policy chief Joel Kaplan told Moneycontrol that application layer is the right place for India to make the investment since the scale of investment to build foundation models is quite significant.
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told Moneycontrol at Davos 2026 that the social media giant is eager to bring its wearables to India, since the demand has been huge.
The decision will allow Nasdaq Inc. to list options expiring on Mondays and Wednesday in these stocks. Nasdaq first proposed the listings in May
A Meta engineer’s viral post criticised job applications as ineffective, revealing that hundreds of applications got him nowhere. He suggested focusing on networking and impactful work rather than blindly following traditional processes.
Meta’s ambitious AI push is facing internal friction as CEO Mark Zuckerberg and star recruit Alexandr Wang clash over strategy, leadership, and control. A new reporting structure reveals deeper questions about who will shape Meta’s AI future.
'We’re evolving our performance programme to simplify it and place greater emphasis on rewarding outstanding performance,' a Meta spokesperson said.
Meta is planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from its Reality Labs division as the company shifts focus from the metaverse to artificial intelligence, according to reports. The layoffs are expected to impact teams working on virtual reality products.
'I would run home from school, drop my backpack, and open the reviews before starting my homework,' Ruchir Baronia said, adding that early understanding of scale stayed with him through college in Berkeley, and then joined Meta’s engineering ranks.
'Amazon's codebase is huge, which makes the first year challenging, but the learning curve is worth it. Microsoft feels different altogether,' Nandita Giri, 32, said.
