Meta Platforms, Inc., more simply known as Meta, is a U.S. company that controls Facebook and Instagram social networking services, WhatsApp and Messenger instant messaging services, and develops Oculus Rift virtual reality viewers, founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes under the name of Facebook, Inc.. The company took on its current name as of October 28, 2021. Meta also owns the Mapillary service, purchased in June 2020 by the Swedish company of the same name, and holds a 9.99% stake in the Indian telephone company Jio Platforms