Facebook (aka Meta) Is the ‘Worst Company’ of 2021, As Per a Recent Survey
Dec. 20, 2021According to a report byYahoo Finance, out of the 1,541 respondents, most of the participants votedMeta as the “worst company of the year.“The social media giant received 50 percent more votes than the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, the first runner-up. It even received 8% of the write-in vote.
Even Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram had its share of controversies. Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri recently had to face the Senate Subcommittee for emerging issues on teen safety. Although has nowstarted adding featuresto address the issues, it is still a long way to go for the platform.
Many respondents of the survey also suggested that the recent rebranding of the company is just a facade. It is reported that it is a way to distract authorities and the public from Facebook’s scandals. Although, Mark Zuckerberg claims that he created Meta to streamline the company’s primary goal of creating a “Metaverse,” which would be acompletely digital world for users.
Some participants also mentioned the recent controversy, initiated by an ex-employee, Frances Haugen, whoclaims that Facebook compromised on safety measures to growin the market. These significant controversies and scandals drove Meta to become the worst company of the year.
However, there seems to be a silver lining. Around30% of the respondents stated that Meta could redeem itselfby acknowledging and apologizing for what it did and donating a sizable amount of its profits to charities.
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