Late night hosts have questions, suggestions for Facebook's big 'metaverse' rebrand
A woman recently posted on Facebook an image of the Venus of Willendorf, a 30,000-year-old statue of a fertility figure, "but Facebook ruled the picture was pornographic and removed it," Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday's Late Show "Oh no! Now where will people be able to find naked pictures on the internet? Now, keen-eyed viewers may have noticed that CBS is actually making us censor her, shall we say, Willendorf. And you might be saying, 'Seriously? She's 30,000 years old.' Yes, so are CBS viewers." In any case, Vienna's tourism board is displaying the statue and other art from local museums on OnlyFans.
"But art isn't the only thing Facebook is ruining," Colbert said. "They're still facing accusations of endangering teens, spreading misinformation, and endangering democracy, so they're doing the right thing — rebranding the company with a new name. But that new name is a closely guarded secret that's not widely known, even among Facebook's senior leadership. Well, that's surprising. Facebook has leadership?" he quipped. "Just in case they haven't settled on one yet, we here at The Late Show have come up with a few appropriate names." Or inappropriate, depending on your standards.
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