Meta Platforms, Inc.

E28619

multinational corporation public company social media company technology company

Meta Platforms, Inc. is a major American technology company best known as the parent of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other social media and virtual reality products.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Meta Platforms	74
Meta Platforms, Inc. canonical	23
Facebook, Inc.	7
Facebook Inc.	6
Facebook Technologies	2
Facebook Technologies, LLC	2
Facebook (Meta)	1
Facebook (Meta) (offices/R&D)	1
Facebook Reality Labs	1
Instagram, Inc.	1
Meta (formerly Facebook)	1
Meta (offices in Bellevue and Redmond)	1
Meta platforms	1
Reality Labs	1
Reality Labs (Meta)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T224940 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Context triple: [NASDAQ, lists, Meta Platforms, Inc.]

A. Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company best known for developing the multimedia messaging app Snapchat and related camera and augmented reality products.
B. Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
C. Twitter, Inc.
Twitter, Inc. was a major social media and microblogging company best known for its real-time short-message platform that shaped online news, politics, and public discourse worldwide.
D. Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
E. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Target entity description: Meta Platforms, Inc. is a major American technology company best known as the parent of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other social media and virtual reality products.

A. Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company best known for developing the multimedia messaging app Snapchat and related camera and augmented reality products.
B. Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
C. Twitter, Inc.
Twitter, Inc. was a major social media and microblogging company best known for its real-time short-message platform that shaped online news, politics, and public discourse worldwide.
D. Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is a multinational technology conglomerate that serves as the holding company for Google and various other businesses in areas such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and autonomous vehicles.
E. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ social media company ⓘ technology company ⓘ
CEO	Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ
chairperson	Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
focusesOn	metaverse ⓘ
formerName	Facebook, Inc. ⓘ linked to: Meta Platforms, Inc.
foundedAs	TheFacebook ⓘ linked to: Facebook
foundedBy	Andrew McCollum ⓘ Chris Hughes ⓘ Dustin Moskovitz ⓘ Eduardo Saverin ⓘ Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ
hasSlogan	Move fast ⓘ Move fast with stable infrastructure ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Menlo Park, California ⓘ
inception	2004 ⓘ
industry	online advertising ⓘ social networking ⓘ technology ⓘ virtual reality ⓘ
ISIN	US30303M1027 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	corporation ⓘ
owns	Facebook ⓘ Instagram ⓘ Messenger ⓘ Meta Quest ⓘ linked to: Oculus VR Oculus ⓘ linked to: Oculus VR Threads ⓘ WhatsApp ⓘ Workplace from Meta ⓘ
product	Facebook app ⓘ linked to: Facebook Instagram app ⓘ linked to: Instagram Messenger app ⓘ linked to: Messenger Meta Quest headsets ⓘ linked to: Oculus VR Portal devices ⓘ WhatsApp Messenger ⓘ linked to: WhatsApp
rebrandedAs	Meta Platforms, Inc. ⓘ
rebrandingDate	2021 ⓘ
stockExchange	NASDAQ ⓘ
subsidiary	Facebook Technologies, LLC ⓘ linked to: Meta Platforms, Inc. Instagram, LLC ⓘ linked to: Instagram WhatsApp LLC ⓘ linked to: WhatsApp
tickerSymbol	META ⓘ linked to: Meta

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