Meta Platforms

This article is a stub. You can help the IndieWeb wiki by expanding it.

Meta Platforms (or Meta for short) is a corporation formerly named Facebook, that runs several silo services (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, that IndieWeb folks have POSSEd to), a couple of messaging services (Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp), and hosts Data Dialogues in-person events that invite and include outside experts including IndieWeb community participants.

Services

Services and apps:

Content posting and hosting:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Threads

Messaging:

• Facebook Messenger
• WhatsApp

Events

• Data Dialogues

Downtime

Downtime across Meta services:

• 2021-03-19 Independent UK: Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook messenger down for users around the world
• 2024-12-11 The Verge: Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have recovered after a massive outage / Earlier on Wednesday, Meta’s apps weren’t loading for many users.

Articles

• 2022-01-19 The Guardian UK: TechScape: the US government may be one step closer to breaking up Meta

See Also

• silos
• messaging
• wikipedia:Meta Platforms
• https://archive.is/a9nW3 Meta’s Metaverse division’s "responsible innovation" post/page (original link: https://about.meta.com/metaverse/responsible-innovation/ )