Facebook to stream a virtual graduation ceremony with Oprah Winfrey as commencement speaker

Students around the world are going to miss their opportunity to have an in-person graduation ceremony, so Facebook has decided to host its own version.

The social media platform announced today that it’ll stream a live graduation event on May 15th over Facebook, which will feature a commencement speech from Oprah Winfrey, as well as smaller speeches by Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X, and Simone Biles. Miley Cyrus will also perform. Although the show will be broadcast over Facebook, select clips will show up on Instagram, at @instagram, too.

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