Meta to begin axing thousands of jobs worldwide

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he took personal responsibility for being overly optimistic about the company's growth. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Tech giant Meta, owners of Facebook, is to begin laying off employees from Wednesday, with thousands of jobs set to be axed worldwide. 

It is feared the job cuts will hit Meta's Irish operations, which employ thousands of people in Dublin, Cork, and Meath.