The Yahoo! Finance did a survey on the worst companies of the year 2021 and Meta, owner of Facebook, came in first place. As for the data, more than 1,541 people were interviewed and Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg's company, received 8% of the responses. Find out now why Meta is elected the worst company of 2021.
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For the participants, the main justifications for the poor performance of the company are the dissemination of false news, the famous Fake News. This news has been at the center of controversy, especially during elections in different countries. Users complained about the lack of action to combat this type of news.
There were also many responses in which they pointed to the existing censorship on the social network as a problem. Some people feel that they cannot express themselves as they would like because of this.
In addition to the reasons mentioned by the interviewees, other issues may have contributed to the Target ending the year in such a bad light. Some scandals involving the company weighed heavily, such as allegations of negligence with regard to guaranteeing the security and privacy of users.
An interesting fact is that the rejection of Meta reached approximately 50% more votes than Alibaba, second in the list.
Thinking precisely about how to minimize the effects of the controversies involving the social network, in October of this year there was a change in which Facebook was renamed Meta. However, people interpret this change as a way of trying to erase ongoing problems and did not welcome the change.
According to Facebook, the change took place to mark a new phase, focusing on the structuring of the metaverse.
Many people also recall the effects of social media on the psychological health of young people, as well as privacy issues for children and teenagers who use Instagram.
The Yahoo! Finance recalled that the chain had suffered allegations of negligence from its own employees in reports from within the company. There is the idea that Instagram was aware of the potential self-esteem issues it could generate in teenagers, although it did not take steps to address and resolve this.
