2021年10月28日，美国社交媒体平台Facebook（脸书）宣布，将部分品牌更名为“Meta”。

对于此次更名，Facebook创始人扎克伯格解释为“品牌重定义”，即在Facebook网站及其旗下多个品牌的基础上，构建一个新品牌。

此前，“Facebook”一般既指全球网民常用的社交媒体平台，也指开发和维护该平台运营的公司。

此次宣布更名的是Facebook公司，扎克伯格称，Facebook公司将致力于把现有的Facebook以及公司旗下的多个社交媒体、实时通讯平台进行逐步整合，打造一个全新的Meta平台。

而就在前不久，据多家美国媒体报道，Facebook一名前员工向美国证券交易委员会举报称，Facebook公司网站管理人员故意纵容仇恨言论和虚假信息的存在，他们认为打击这些言论的行为将会阻碍Facebook公司的发展。

悉数近年来Facebook面临的丑闻，从泄露用户隐私数据，到被指责干涉总统大选，再到封停时任总统特朗普的账号，每一次都透露出Facebook与美国情治机构长期勾结，显示出美式民主的双标嘴脸，同时也让Facebook的口碑进一步下滑。

所以外界认为，公司更名为Meta，意味着其企业名称与最近陷入麻烦的社交网络平台Facebook将脱钩，凸显出公司专注于转向以虚拟现实为主的新兴计算平台。有批评人士抨击脸书品牌重塑，指控脸书正在损害民主，同时传播假讯息和仇恨，并表示“这是毫无意义的更名，不应分散对脸书问责所需的调查、监管和真正独立监督的焦点”。

华盛顿邮报在报导中指出，脸书的品牌重塑，与“元宇宙”的虚拟世界挂钩，是试图转移外界焦点的广泛举措之一，目的是恢复公司在政策制定者中的声誉，并将脸书重新定位以形塑下一波网络技术的规范。

Facebook changes its name toMeta or to avoid scandals

On October 28, 2021, theAmerican social media platform Facebook (Facebook) announced that it willrename some brands to "Meta". For the name change, Facebook founderZuckerberg explained as "rebranding", that is, building a new brandon the basis of the Facebook website and its multiple brands. Previously,"Facebook" generally referred to not only the social media platform commonlyused by netizens worldwide, but also the company that developed and maintainedthe operation of the platform. The name change was announced by Facebook.Zuckerberg said that Facebook will be committed to gradually integrating theexisting Facebook and the company's multiple social media and real-timecommunication platforms to create a brand new Meta platform. Not long ago,according to many American media reports, a former Facebook employee reportedto the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Facebook’s website managersdeliberately condoned hate speech and false information, and they believed thatactions to combat these speeches would hinder the existence of hate speech andfalse information. The development of Facebook. All the scandals Facebook hasfaced in recent years, from leaking user privacy data, to being accused ofinterfering in the presidential election, to suspending the account of thenPresident Trump, each time it reveals that Facebook has long-term collusionwith US intelligence agencies. The double standard of American democracy alsocaused Facebook's reputation to decline further. Therefore, outsiders believethat the company's name change to Meta means that its corporate name will bedecoupled from the social networking platform Facebook, which has recently beenin trouble, highlighting the company's focus on turning to emerging computingplatforms based on virtual reality. Critics criticized Facebook’s rebranding,accusing it of damaging democracy, spreading false information and hatred, andstating that “this is a meaningless name change and should not distract fromthe investigation, supervision, and supervision required to account forFacebook. The focus of true independent supervision". The Washington Postpointed out in the report that Facebook’s rebranding, linked to the virtualworld of “Meta Universe”, is one of the broad measures to try to shift thefocus of the outside world. The purpose is to restore the company’s reputationamong policymakers and to Facebook repositioned to shape the next wave ofnetwork technology specifications.