facebook profit jumps as user base nears 2bn
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Facebook profit jumps as user base nears 2bn

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Facebook said it made a profit of US$3.06 billion on US$8.03 billion in revenue
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Facebook on Wednesday reported its quarterly profit jumped just over US$3 billion as its ranks of monthly users closed in on two billion.

The leading social network said it made a profit of US$3.06 billion on US$8.03 billion in revenue in the first three months of this year, posting increases of 76 per cent and 49 per cent, respectively, compared to the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the number of people using Facebook monthly increased 17 per cent to 1.94 billion, according to the earnings report.

"We had a good start to 2017," Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg said in the release.

"We're continuing to build tools to support a strong global community."

Facebook bested high expectations for revenue but fell short on profit, Shares fell about a percent to US$150.25 in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures.

The California-based company's shares had ended the trading day down less than a per cent ahead of the earnings release and as it put out word of plans to hire an extra 3,000 staff to remove violent content like the gruesome killings and suicides broadcast on its video platform.

The move ramps up efforts by Facebook to filter content amid growing criticism of the social media giant for allowing the platform to be used to promote violence and hateful activity.

Increased hiring also promises to push up operating costs and eat into profit at the social network. But advertising The world's biggest social network and a powerhouse in online advertising, Facebook has been working to diversify its revenue base as it expands into new areas such as messaging, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. But advertising still accounted for the vast majority of revenues, US$7.86 billion.

source: AFP

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