Meta, proprietor of Facebook and WhatsApp, reduces its revenue by 41% in 2022 and its earnings falls for the primary time

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a video displayed on a smartphone display whereas asserting Facebook’s new title: Meta. FacebookGETTY

The firm that additionally owns Instagram proclaims a share repurchase plan of 40,000 million {dollars}. It has additionally been weighed down by a major enhance in prices, of 23%, as much as 87,665 million. The firm introduced 11,000 layoffs in November and has recorded a cost of 4,610 million within the 12 months

The American large of the social networks Meta, proprietor of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, amongst others, has introduced this Wednesday a collapse of its advantages of 41% within the monetary 12 months 2022, as much as 23,200 million {dollars}. The firm has just lately introduced a major workforce discount. The firm that additionally owns Instagram proclaims a $40 billion share buyback plan.

Meta, which had beforehand warned of weak collected outcomes, had a slight lower in annual turnover, of 1%, to 116,609 million. It is the primary time in its historical past that its billing has been decreased. In addition, it has been weighed down by a major enhance in prices, of 23%, as much as 87,665 million.

The firm introduced 11,000 layoffs in November and a cost of 4.610 million has been recorded within the 12 months, associated to those “restructuring efforts”, which additionally embody the cancellation of workplace and undertaking leases.