The industrial complex is a socioeconomic concept wherein businesses become entwined in social or political systems or institutions, creating or bolstering a profit economy from these systems. Such a
President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned about the "military–industrial complex" in his farewell address, 17 January 1961.
Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services
Billboard on the Thomson Reuters building welcomes Facebook to Nasdaq in 2012.
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Meta, in 2012
Entrance to Meta's headquarters complex in Menlo Park, California
Entrance to Facebook's previous headquarters in the Stanford Research Park, Palo Alto, California