MENLO PARK, Calif., April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
“Our work has always been about helping you stay connected with the people you care about,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “With people relying on our services more than ever, we’re focused on keeping people safe, informed and connected.”
Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook is supporting the global public health community’s work to ensure everyone has access to accurate information. We are also working to address the long-term impacts of the crisis by supporting industries in need and making it easier for people to find and offer help in their communities. We have committed over $300 million to date in investments to help our broader community during the crisis, including creating a $100 million grant program to help small businesses and investing $100 million to support the news industry.
We launched a COVID-19 information center on Facebook to provide real-time information, health and well-being tips, and the ability to offer and ask for help. We are also matching $20 million in donations to support COVID-19 relief efforts, providing health organizations with free ads and tools to track the pandemic, offering Workplace to government and emergency organizations for free, and donating $25 million to support healthcare workers on the front lines.
To help people stay connected as a record number of people use our services, we are making our apps more efficient and adding capacity, while also prioritizing enhancements in key services, such as real-time video experiences and live game-streaming.
