hatespeech and anti-vaccine misinformation. it was drawing comparisons for the early days of the big tobacco industry. smoking was good for you and we now know that tobacco is a poison and the leading cause of cancer. there's been a demand for change by lawmakers, regulators and the public. while mark zuckerberg is apparently listening. facebook hears you and it made that change. it changed its name. facebook's company name will now be meta. according to facebook, the metaverse will feel like a hybrid of today's online social experiences sometimes expanded into three dimensions or projected into the physical world, whatever that means. the idea is to fuse social media with virtual reality and augmented reality space. so zuckerberg essentially wants to create an alternate lifestyle, a digital reality without addressing the mess, the spread of lies and the uptick in hate and violence that facebook helps stir up on planet earth. facebook's new name is meta and