Many people may not believe it, but the giant Facebook, recently rebranded to Meta, has been named the “worst company” in the world for 2021. That’s according to a study by Yahoo Finance. More than 1,500 respondents in an open survey of Yahoo Finance, among dozens of companies around the world.
Mark Zuckerberg’s corporation received 50% more votes for the worst company of the year than the second place. It is the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Facebook’s sad first position is mainly due to the growing censorship and disinformation problems mentioned by social network users, especially with regard to Covid-19.
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Some have even criticized the company for “undermining global democracy and contributing to the rise of far-right extremism.” Many people around the world blame the Instagram photo-sharing app for the negative effects it has on young people’s mental health.
Facebook was hit by a variety of hits this year. They were linked to allegations of leaks and antitrust investigations. According to many experts overseas, it is no wonder that the company decided to rebrand.
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Facebook changes its name to Meta
This was announced by Zuckerberg on the social network
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However, the new name Meta rather led to ridicule. One of them is related to the fact that in fact a company with such a name already exists, ie the slogan is “stolen”. And others are outraged by a number of users about Zuckerberg’s desire for a future virtual reality with “avatars” that could displace the real world.
Nearly 30% of respondents still say that Facebook / Meta can still be saved. Among the ways this can be done, according to consumers, are “acknowledgment of mistakes, public apology and donation of a significant amount of profits to a foundation that fights online harm caused to minors.
Apart from Meta / Facebook and Alibaba, another company falls into the negative rankings. And this is the manufacturer of electric cars Tesla. And this is not because of the rising share price, but because of the failure to deliver on promises of products that were never produced this year, as well as because of the eccentricity of the company’s CEO Elon Musk and his tweets.
