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Facebook hits refresh with ‘Meta’ but internal leaks reveal a larger crisis

Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced ‘Meta’ as the new corporate name on Thursday. The rebranding comes as Facebook battles an onslaught of bad PR after a series of leaked internal documents reveal the company did not do enough to stop hate speech, anti-vaccine misinformation and conspiracies. New York Times’ technology reporter Sheera Frenkel joins.

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