In turmoil, the Facebook group changes its name to be called Meta

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on October 28, 2021 that his group was changing its name to "Meta".

AFP - CHRIS DELMAS

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In the midst of a reputation crisis, Facebook tried to create a diversion and announced that it had changed its name to “Meta”.

Mark Zuckerberg unveiled this Facebook of the future this Thursday, October 28.

It is a fully digital social platform in which Facebook has already invested billions of dollars.

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With our correspondent in Miami,

The famous social network will continue to be called Facebook.

It is the name of the company which becomes Meta, “beyond” in ancient Greek, for

, an entirely fictitious and immersive “meta-universe” in which one will enter with an avatar which will allow teleporting everywhere.

With this double of yourself you could virtually try on pants in a store, attend a concert, a movie night with friends, a business meeting or even visit ancient Rome.

All this while staying at home with virtual reality glasses on your nose.

“ 

,” Zuckerberg says.

A Facebook of the future that the American press already compares to a dystopian nightmare as in the movie The

.

This "metaverse" will be commonplace within 10 years, explains Zuckerberg, who promises that privacy will be respected.

This while Facebook is embroiled in one of its worst reputation crises with

revelations

.

On Wednesday, this former employee who accuses Facebook of endangering democracy in the name of profit, was heard by the British Parliament.

" 

", warned Frances Haugan in front of the British elected officials.

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