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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Carly Olson and agencies

Meta rivalry with Apple inflamed as Facebook parent company share price plummets

Shares for Facebook's parent company Meta dropped more than 25% on Thursday.
Shares for Facebook's parent company Meta dropped more than 25% on Thursday. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg blamed “headwinds” this week after investors wiped about $220bn off Meta’s market value. One of the biggest blows came from longtime rival Apple.

Apple has long marketed itself as a champion of privacy, explicitly positioning itself in opposition to Facebook. Tensions between the two giants escalated with the release of Apple’s new operating system, which Meta feared would hamper its revenue model.

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