Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg lost six billion in just a few hours

Mr Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, fell by… 6 billion dollars in just a few hours, with the result that the strong man on social media fell one place in the list of the richest people on the planet.

A sell-off caused the fall of the share of Facebook by 4.9% yesterday, Monday. It was preceded by unprecedented crash for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. This development came while Facebook is facing other troubles, after the revelations of a witness of public interest.

Mark Zuckerberg: The personal cost of the collapse of Facebook

According to a Bloomberg report, the fall of the stock set Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune at 121.6 billion dollars, as a result of which he is listed in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index at NO5 below Bill Gates.

Within a few weeks, his fortune has shrunk from $ 140 billion a while ago.

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index list

On September 13, the Wall Street Journal began publishing a series of reports based on internal documents of the group, which revealed a number of problems with its products – since the company knew that Instagram is harmful to the mental health of teenagers. until the misinformation about the January 6 episodes at the Capitol.

In an article published in mid-September, the newspaper revealed, based on this information, that the company had been researching the Instagram network for three years to assess its impact on teens. Surveys mainly showed that 32% of teens think that using Instagram gave them a more negative image of their body, when they were no longer happy with what they had.

These reports attracted the interest of government officials and yesterday, Monday, the public interest witness revealed her face. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen, who accused the company of putting “profit above safety” of users in an interview broadcast by the American television network CBS.

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