By Luc Olinga Many tech groups have begun a cure of austerity in anticipation of a recession. For many months now, tech companies have been preparing for the economic downturn to worsen. The CEOs of various tech flagships have thus warned against what Facebook’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called the “one of the worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent history.” They took drastic cost-cutting measures. For the first time since its creation in 2004, Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms (META) – Get Meta Platforms Inc. Report, will downsize. “I had hoped the economy would have more clearly…