Meta laid off workers at Instagram, WhatsApp, Reality Labs and in other parts of the company Wednesday in a restructuring of specific groups of workers. The move is not a company-wide downsizing, according to Meta.

Meta is conducting targeted layoffs as part of an internal reorganization, including in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs.

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has confirmed layoffs across multiple teams, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs. What Happened: Meta has confirmed that several teams within the company were impacted by layoffs on Wednesday,

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has initiated a new round of layoffs that will affect multiple departments, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs. These layoffs are smaller, department-specific cuts rather than a mass companywide reduction,

Meta has started layoffs across WhatsApp, Instagram and more. The tech giant is making smaller cuts across various departments — which also include Reality Labs — as the company undergoes reorganizations within certain teams.

Tech giant Meta announced layoffs this week at its Instagram, WhatsApp and Reality Labs units. Meta said the cuts were made Wednesday to keep the company competitive in the long term.

In a statement, Meta emphasized that the changes aim to maintain the company’s competitiveness in the long run. "Today, a few teams at Meta are making changes to ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals and location strategy,

Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold said some teams were making changes to align with the company's long-term strategic goals and location strategy.

Meta says it has laid off some employees, including staff at WhatsApp And Instagram, to realign its resources with its “strategic goals.”

This for instance will involve relocating some of the teams to different places and other employees to new departments, a Meta spokesperson said, adding that the company would indeed look for new positions to place the employees who have been made redundant.