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Facebook changes company name to Meta — CNBC

Facebook on Thursday announced that it has changed its company name to Meta, writes Salvador Rodriguez.

Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/facebook-changes-company-name-to-meta.html

You can find Facebook’s formal announcement here: https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/facebook-company-is-now-meta/

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