Revenue in the recently ended quarter ebbed a percent to $28.8 billion when compared to the same period a year ago, missing market expectations, Meta said.
Facebook said the leak was old and stemmed from a problem that had been fixed in 2019.
WhatsApp laid out fresh terms last week, asking users to agree to let owner Facebook collect aspects of user data, sparking outrage.
Former Trump White adviser Steve Bannon had suggested in a Facebook video that FBI Director Christopher Wray and government infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci should be beheaded for being disloyal to Trump.
The leading social network said it had already created a database of 10,000 memes — images often blended with text to deliver a specific message — as part of a ramped-up effort against hate speech.
The disease, believed to have originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, has killed more than 2,700 people
Facebook founder appeared in a convincing hoax video, in which he is seen boasting about hoarding personal data.
If Facebook wants to maintain its status as the world's biggest social media network it will need to rebuild trust, yes, but more importantly it will need to share a piece of the pie.
UK lawmaker Damian Collins has urged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to reconsider his refusal to appear before the British parliament about data leaks and the rise of fake news.
After it was turned down by Snapchat, Facebook replicates the company's popular features on its Instagram and WhatsApp. Whether FB will succeed in topping Snapchat is still unknown, after Snap's successful IPO and rising share prices.
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