Meta Platforms, Inc. is a publicly traded technology company that builds and operates large social networking and messaging services (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger) and develops augmented/virtual reality hardware and software (Reality Labs); the company’s stated focus combines connecting people through social platforms with long‑term investment in the ‘metaverse.’
Advocates on issues affecting online platforms and digital business including content moderation and platform liability, user privacy and data protection, digital advertising regulation, competition and antitrust, AI and AR/VR regulation, youth and child online safety, taxation and trade, and broadband/telecommunications policy.
Primarily digital advertising revenue from businesses and marketers, supplemented by hardware sales and platform/developer services.
Publicly traded corporation
