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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You can now stream Facebook Live video from DJI drones
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Facebook slammed for rejecting ad featuring a plus-sized model
Facebook slammed for rejecting ad featuring a plus-sized model


Facebook changes 'Trending Topics' in wake of controversy
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Facebook just made it easier to live stream your kittens indefinitely
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7 apps to help your business grow on Facebook
7 apps to help your business grow on Facebook


Is Facebook too powerful for its own good?
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Facebook starts rolling out Live Video map on desktop
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Vietnam 'blocks' Facebook over the weekend due to protests over dead fish
Vietnam 'blocks' Facebook over the weekend due to protests over dead fish


Mom writes 'permission slip' letting sons climb trees after adult chastises them
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Facebook's first live-action VR film shows the power of 360 video
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Facebook's biggest livestream yet featured President Obama and a lot of confusion
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Join us for a hangout with 'Fear the Walking Dead' star Colman Domingo
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Glenn Beck will meet with Mark Zuckerberg to discuss Trending Topics controversy
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Dear Facebook, you're a media company now. Start acting like one.
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Unlucky woman's GPS led her straight into a lake
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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg speaks on husband's death in powerful commencement speech
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Why Facebook's 'Trending Topics' controversy matters
Why Facebook's 'Trending Topics' controversy matters

Mark Zuckerberg wants to talk to conservatives after trending topics fuss
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Mark Zuckerberg and Selena Gomez meet in tiny room to talk business
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Tiny puppy rescued from baseball stadium now has important job as 'bat dog'
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Uganda blocks Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp as president sworn in for 5th term
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Facebook reveals how it picks the 'trending topics'
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