Meta: Meta has commenced a restructuring process to lay off approximately 8,000 employees, representing roughly 10 percent of its global workforce, as part of a strategic shift to reallocate capital toward artificial intelligence. In an internal memorandum, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the decision and assured remaining staff that no further broad-scale redundancies are anticipated for the remainder of the year.

According to Emirates News Agency, the move marks the largest downsizing at the company since the efficiency campaigns of 2022-2023, which eliminated 21,000 positions. This current workforce reduction primarily impacts corporate support functions, recruitment, and marketing, while thousands of remaining personnel are being reassigned to high-priority infrastructure and engineering units to support expanding AI operations.