Photo by: Jeff Chiu
This April 25, 2019, file photo shows the thumbs-up "Like" logo on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid a crush of bad publicity, governmental scrutiny and growing competition for its social media business, the company is hiring workers and making products to create the “metaverse," essentially a new computing platform and “a new phase of interconnected virtual experiences using technologies like virtual and augmented reality," according to company officials. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) **FILE**