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According to Bloomberg, notifications went out beginning in the early morning hours, with Singapore-based workers among the first to be informed.

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg (center) departs the court on Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles, United States, after taking the stand at a trial in a key test case accusing Meta and Google’s YouTube of harming kids’ mental health through addictive platforms. (Reuters/Mike Blake)

Meta began laying off roughly 8,000 employees Wednesday -- about 10 percent of its global workforce -- as co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pushes to redirect resources toward an ambitious artificial intelligence agenda.According to Bloomberg, notifications went out beginning in the early morning hours, with Singapore-based workers among the first to be informed.

In addition to the cuts, Meta said in April it would cancel plans to hire 6,000 people and shift 7,000 other employees into AI workflow-related roles.