Ever since Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room, he's been focused on growth — more users in more places, until the entire world is connected. But in February, Meta, the social media platform’s parent company, reported some concerning news: for the first time in its 18-year history, Facebook had a drop in daily users. After that, Meta’s stock plummeted by more than $200 billion dollars — the largest single-day drop in Wall Street’s history. Facebook has weathered scandal after scandal, but its user numbers haven't taken a hit until now. So what does that mean for one of Big Tech's biggest companies?

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Alex Heath (@alexeheath), senior reporter at The Verge

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Ever since Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room, he's been focused on growth &mdash; more users in more places, until the entire world is connected. But in February, Meta, the social media platform&rsquo;s parent company, reported some concerning news: for the first time in its 18-year history, Facebook had a drop in daily users. After that, Meta&rsquo;s stock plummeted by more than $200 billion dollars &mdash; the largest single-day drop in Wall Street&rsquo;s history. Facebook has weathered scandal after scandal, but its user numbers haven't taken a hit until now. So what does that mean for one of Big Tech's biggest companies?
In this episode:&nbsp;
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<li>Alex Heath (<a href="https://twitter.com/alexeheath">@alexeheath</a>), senior reporter at The Verge</li>
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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