¶ Meta Platforms
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Meta Platforms is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. It is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Meta is a member of the Trusted News Initiative (TNI)[1] and a partner organization of the World Economic Forum (WEF).[2]
¶ History
In January 2017, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) acquired a Toronto-based artificial intelligence company called Meta, which functioned as a search engine for scientific literature.[3][4]
On October 28, 2021, CZI announced the sunset of Meta, with a proposed shutdown date of March 31, 2022.[5] Also on October 28, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be changing its corporate name and branding to Meta in order to fully embrace the company's direction towards implementing the Metaverse.[6]
Chad Prather, a candidate for Texas Governor, filed a lawsuit on February 24, 2022 against Facebook and Meta alleging that Greg Abbott has an undisclosed relationship with Facebook. Prather's Facebook account was suspended 8 days before the election date.[7]
On November 21, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and top executives at Google, TikTok, and Twitter "calling for increased monitoring of content that could incite violence."[8]
¶ Activities
Meta has provided notable funding to:
¶ Funding
Meta has received notable funding from:
¶ External links
Trusted News Initiative. BBC. Retrieved September 23, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230923182924/https://www.bbc.com/beyondfakenews/trusted-news-initiative/ ↩︎
Meta. World Economic Forum. Retrieved December 24, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211224213943/https://www.weforum.org/organizations/facebook-inc ↩︎
Siu, A. (2017, January 25). Chan Zuckerberg Initiative makes first buy, a Canadian artificial intelligence startup. San Francisco Business Times. http://archive.today/2023.07.05-230826/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/01/25/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-meta-ai.html ↩︎
Elizabeth Caley. Creative Destruction Lab. Retrieved February 27, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.01.22-190753/https://www.creativedestructionlab.com/mentors/elizabeth-caley/ ↩︎
Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative. (2021, October 28). Meta Transition. Medium. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217022923/https://cziscience.medium.com/meta-transition-5f66b1fae475 ↩︎
Ortutay, B. (2021, October 28). Facebook is changing its name to Meta to emphasise “metaverse” vision. The Sydney Morning Herald. http://archive.today/2022.02.27-203413/https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/facebook-is-changing-its-name-to-meta-to-emphasise-metaverse-vision-20211029-p5946l.html ↩︎
Chad Prather v. Meta Platforms Inc. formerly known as Facebook. (2022, February 24). Courthouse News. https://web.archive.org/web/20220228040120/https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/prather-meta-complaint.pdf ↩︎
Following Significant Uptick in Anti-Muslim and Antisemitic Rhetoric on Social Media, Governor Hochul Deploys New Resources to Combat Online Hate | Governor Kathy Hochul. (2023, November 21). Governor of New York State. http://archive.today/2023.11.24-194043/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/following-significant-uptick-anti-muslim-and-antisemitic-rhetoric-social-media-governor-hochul ↩︎
Final Release Package A-2023-00059 CBC, Advertising Companies. CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved October 1, 2023, from https://archive.org/details/final-release-package-a-2023-00059-cbc-advertising-companies ↩︎
Donors. Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. Retrieved October 14, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.10.14-004716/https://socialscienceandhumanities.ontariotechu.ca/centre-on-hate-bias-and-extremism/partners/donors.php ↩︎
Major Funders. Poynter. Retrieved February 7, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.02.07-105525/https://www.poynter.org/major-funders/ ↩︎
Federal Election Commission. (2023, March 20). Progressive Turnout Project PAC Expenditures - 2022. OpenSecrets. http://archive.today/2023.07.24-214111/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/progressive-turnout-project/C00580068/expenditures/2022 ↩︎