Facebook

Ah, Facebook. Everyone's heard of Facebook! Founded in 2004 by then-Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg as a way to rank fellow college students, Facebook would quickly become the largest social network on the planet and amass billions of users. The platform's popularity was bolstered by users looking to reconnect with old friends and connect with loved ones around the world. But, of course, that's not where the story ends and the rest, well, isn't so positive sounding for Facebook. The 2010 Hollywood drama, The Social Network, about Facebook's tumultuous early startup days, 2018's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the company's ongoing role in spreading far-right extremism and conspiracy theories. Facebook, and its parent company Meta, remains a behemoth in the online space (even if the stigma is that it's mostly used by your parents and grandparents now). And who knows what its future holds with the Metaverse?

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Mark Zuckerberg: 'I'm concerned' about Trump immigration order
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Facebook just added support for physical security keys and that's a big plus
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Your friends might be spying on your Facebook when you're not looking
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Chinese New Year stickers to get egg-cited over this year of the rooster
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Facebook is changing how it talks about privacy
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Facebook just hired a big shot to run its virtual reality division
Facebook just hired a big shot to run its virtual reality division

Some Facebook users will start seeing ads in an unexpected place
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Facebook is making an immediate and massive change to 'Trending Topics'
Facebook is making an immediate and massive change to 'Trending Topics'



Facebook's VR social network is surprisingly stunning
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Mark Zuckerberg's charity is buying a search engine for research papers
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Instead of calling, the White House wants you to message it on Facebook
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Chelsea Clinton shuts down trolls who targeted Barron Trump
Chelsea Clinton shuts down trolls who targeted Barron Trump

Watch the Women's March on Washington streamed in 360 degrees on Facebook
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Watch celebrities raise money for social justice in Inauguration Day 'Love-A-Thon'
Watch celebrities raise money for social justice in Inauguration Day 'Love-A-Thon'

Hardcore retiree defies knitting group rules by trolling Donald Trump
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Families of terrorist attack victims sue Facebook and Twitter
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Facebook blocks RT after allegations of copyright breach
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Forget Facebook, forget Snapchat: Teens are doing it themselves
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Zuckerberg responds to the haters about him suing Hawaiians
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