Facebook revenue slips as usage leaps during pandemic

Online voice and video calls at Facebook-owned Messenger and WhatsApp have more than doubled in places hit hard by the new coronavirus, according Schultz and Parikh. — AFP Relaxnews

Facebook on March 24 said the coronavirus pandemic has users flocking to its services while it undermines ad revenue on which the world's biggest social network depends.

Online voice and video calls at Facebook-owned Messenger and WhatsApp have more than doubled in places hit hard by the new coronavirus, according to a post by vice president of analytics Alex Schultz and Jay Parikh, vice president of engineering.