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Facebook’s very bad month

Facebook’s very bad month

FromThe Take


Facebook’s very bad month

FromThe Take

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ever since Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room, he's been focused on growth — more users in more places, until the entire world is connected. But in February, Meta, the social media platform’s parent company, reported some concerning news: for the first time in its 18-year history, Facebook had a drop in daily users. After that, Meta’s stock plummeted by more than $200 billion dollars — the largest single-day drop in Wall Street’s history. Facebook has weathered scandal after scandal, but its user numbers haven't taken a hit until now. So what does that mean for one of Big Tech's biggest companies?

In this episode: 
Alex Heath (@alexeheath), senior reporter at The Verge

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Released:
Feb 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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