Meta went down on Tuesday, taking its social media platforms offline. So which sites are those?
Here's a list of the sites owned by Meta Platforms.
Facebook was Meta's flagship product
Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and his Harvard classmates Eduardo Saverin,Andrew McCollum,Dustin Moskovitz andChris Hughes.
Meta bought Instagram in 2012
Instagram has been around since 2010. Meta (then Facebook) acquired it in 2012 for $1 billion.
Threads is the company's latest social media platform
Meta's most recent product, Threads launched in 2023 and offers much of the same functionality as X/Twitter.
WhatsApp was a $19.3 billion purchase for Meta
WhatsApp is an instant messaging service that began in 2009. Facebook (now Meta) bought the service in 2014 for $19.3 billion.
Messenger was introduced in 2011
Facebook launched its instant messaging product, Messenger, in 2011
Oculus was a $2 billion Meta acquisition
In 2014, Facebook purchased Oculus, which offers virtual reality hardware and software, and has renamed it Meta Quest.
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