The social networking group Facebook presented quarterly figures that exceeded even the boldest expectations of analysts: Facebook achieved a 33 percent increase in sales to $ 28.1 billion in the fourth quarter, which was shaped by the corona pandemic.

The quarterly profit rose even more extreme by 53 percent to 11.2 billion dollars.

3.3 billion people used the Group's services, 14 percent more than a year ago.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg would have every reason to be satisfied.

But in the conference call on the numbers, Zuckerberg was anything but optimistic.

The reason is the dispute with another tech giant from California: