Meta in worst ever market crash --------------------------------------- Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms has suffered the largest ever single-day market fall on record, plunging 26% and wiping more than $250 billion off the company’s overall value --------------------------------------- Largest falls in market capitalisation in one day ($ billion) Meta Platforms Feb 3 2022 -252 Apple Sep 3 2020 -180 Microsoft Mar 16 -178 Saudi Aramco Mar 8 2020 -160 VW Oct 29 2008 -143 Tesla Nov 9 2021 -140 Amazon Jul 30 2021 -130 Facebook Jul 26 2018 -121 Feb 2: Facebook reports fall of 10 million daily active users last quarter. Drop driven by younger users fleeing to likes of TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance 2018: User growth slows in wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal Mark Zuckerberg: Meta chief executive sees his net worth plummet by $29 billion following record-breaking plunge --------------------------------------- Sources: Bloomberg, Financial Times Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS