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Why Facebook has become Meta

Hannah Murphy and Madhumita Murgia

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As he renames Facebook as Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is placing a bold bet on his vision of the future: a techno-utopia where people are connected and live in a virtual universe.

Although this vision of the “metaverse” seems far off in the future, if achievable at all, Zuckerberg is convinced that his 3 billion-strong social network, now arguably the world’s most controversial tech company, must move decisively to capture what he thinks will be the next evolution of the internet.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/technology/why-facebook-has-become-meta-20211031-p594pj