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Zuckerberg wins on Wall Street after Washington hit
The company's shares surge as it reports a jump in users, ad sales and profits, despite Washington concerns.
The social media firm updated investors with a slew of good news: quarterly profits that tripled year-on-year to more than $14bn (£11bn), a surge in users, lower costs and higher ad sales. The company, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, also pledged to keep the money flowing, saying it was in a strong financial position, and could invest in the business while still making plans for such payments on a quarterly basis "going forward". But Meta's performance was the most head-spinning, coming just a day after it faced blistering critique in Washington, where senators told Mr Zuckerberg that his product was "killing people" and he was pushed to apologise to families of victims of child sexual exploitation.
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