The company formerly called Facebook, Inc. is now named Meta.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.
What would count as true or false
True if, as of 2021-10-28, the parent company formerly named Facebook, Inc. had adopted or formally announced the corporate name Meta (Meta Platforms, Inc.). An announced change taking legal effect shortly afterwards (for example the legal name change filed around 28 October 2021) counts. Mostly true if the rebrand was announced that day but a minor detail, such as the exact legal effective date or ticker change, came slightly later. False if no such renaming of the parent company was announced or carried out, or if only a product or division was renamed. Mixed is not suitable here because this is a single-event claim.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 fb-20211028 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Form 8-K filed by Meta Platforms, Inc.) · 28 October 2021 Own record
“On October 28, 2021, Facebook, Inc. (the “Company”) changed its corporate name to Meta Platforms, Inc., pursuant to an amended and restated certificate of incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on October 28, 2021”
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E2 The Facebook Company Is Now Meta | Meta Meta (about.fb.com newsroom) · 28 October 2021 Own record
“Today at Connect 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta, which brings together our apps and technologies under one new company brand.”
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E3 Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand BBC News · 28 October 2021
“Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand.”
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E4 Facebook changes company name to Meta CNBC · 28 October 2021
“Facebook on Thursday announced that it has changed its company name to Meta.”
Reasoning
The company's Form 8-K states that on October 28, 2021, Facebook, Inc. changed its corporate name to Meta Platforms, Inc. by filing an amended certificate of incorporation in Delaware (E1). The BBC and CNBC both reported independently on the same day that Facebook had changed its corporate name to Meta (E3, E4). Meta's own newsroom announced the new company brand that day (E2). The renaming covered the parent company, not just a product, so the criteria for true are met as of 2021-10-28.
Cite this claim
Mark Zuckerberg, “The company formerly called Facebook, Inc. is now named Meta.” (said 28 October 2021). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_3d16c31a25ae, method 0.1.0+3f84d14d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3d16c31a25ae
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
Reply to this claim
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