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Today, a group identifying as former and current Meta employees held a protest near Mark Zuckerberg's superyacht, named Launchpad, is moored in Seattle's Lake Union. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has about 7,500 to 8,000 workers in the Puget Sound region. The layoffs will affect employees at...

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