It will take some getting used to.

If Facebook's social network will continue to exist, the company will now be called "Meta".

On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the name of a new structure encompassing Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus.

Officially, it is about looking to the future and the “metaverse”, this persistent universe mixing virtual, augmented and video realities, considered by Zuckerberg as “the future of the mobile Internet”.

And to try to turn the page of the controversies, in full storm of the “Facebook papers” unveiled by the whistleblower Frances Haugen.

🔴Mark Zuckerberg announces the new name of the structure that will encompass Facebook (and WhatsApp, Instagram, Oculus etc): So it will be ... "Meta" (for the metaverse) #FBConnect #Facebook #Meta pic.twitter.com/ PLuWnTIrkQ

- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) October 28, 2021

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