Meta

The social-media conglomerate behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

• United States
• Publicly traded · META

What you should know

Documented conduct - every flag links the published source backing it.

• Privacy & data Concern

  Cambridge Analytica harvested data of millions of Facebook users

  Personal data of tens of millions of users was exploited for political ad targeting without their consent.

  Source: The New York Times · Mar 17, 2018

What critics say

• C

  CNET

  Rae Hodge

  2.5/5

  “Products people use; practices people distrust.”

  2026-04-08 Read full review
• A

  Ars Technica

  Ron Amadeo

  4.2/10

  “A track record that keeps proving the critics right.”

  2026-01-13 Read full review
• W

  Wired

  Andy Greenberg

  3.5/10

  “The metadata business in its purest form.”

  2026-03-14 Read full review

Products by Meta

Each product is scored by its own reviews, separate from the company.

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  Messaging

  Meta's messaging app.