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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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Report: Mark Zuckerberg is so desperate to get Facebook into China, he supports censoring news
Report: Mark Zuckerberg is so desperate to get Facebook into China, he supports censoring news

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Facebook is testing a feature that'll help you find free public Wi-Fi
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Snapchat vs Facebook: Can the underdog get big enough, fast enough?
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Report: Facebook drone under investigation after 'structural failure'
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Google is removing its 'In the news' label due to the fake news nightmare
Google is removing its 'In the news' label due to the fake news nightmare

Instagram makes live video official as it turns up the heat on Snapchat
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Facebook launches hiring spree for new London HQ
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Students only needed 36 hours to solve Facebook's fake news problem
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Mark Zuckerberg finally shares a plan to fight fake news on Facebook
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Escape the echo chamber: How to fix your Facebook News Feed
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Snapchat Spectacles are off to a great start avoiding Google Glass' stigma
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Fake news has gotten so bad Obama had to weigh in
Fake news has gotten so bad Obama had to weigh in

7 signs the news you’re sharing is fake
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How the tech world's immaturity handed Trump the election
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Facebook creates Community Help tool so users can aid each other after disasters
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Facebook's Safety Check feature now rests solely in the hands of its users
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Advertisers want Facebook to stop 'grading its own homework'
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This Chrome extension will warn you when you visit a fake news site
This Chrome extension will warn you when you visit a fake news site


Facebook discloses more video metrics errors — and promises to do better
Facebook discloses more video metrics errors — and promises to do better
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