Facebook issued a mixed update on its stability during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that its infrastructure is running smoothly, despite dealing with a heavier workload, but its revenue is taking a hit.
Vice president of analytics Alex Schultz and outgoing vp of engineering Jay Parikh said in a Newsroom post that while activity is up on many of Facebook’s services due to the ongoing crisis and people following social distancing guidelines, “We don’t monetize many of the services where we’re seeing increased engagement, and we’ve seen a weakening in our ads business in countries taking aggressive actions to reduce the spread of Covid-19.”
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