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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There's a star nearly 5 light-years from Earth. Stephen Hawking is sending a spacecraft to it
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Facebook reminds UK users to register to vote in May elections
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Soon you'll be able to buy concert tickets on Facebook
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Facebook and Microsoft say they've eliminated the gender pay gap
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Bots, Live and A.I.: What to expect at Facebook's F8 conference
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'How did I get here?' People react appropriately to watermelon explosion
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An exploding watermelon is the biggest thing to ever happen on Facebook Live
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Impressive Facebook video stats prove 'American Idol' still has a lot of life left in it
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Facebook Live expands features to include chats within groups, event pages
Facebook Live expands features to include chats within groups, event pages

WhatsApp now supports end-to-end encryption on all its apps
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Facebook's first blind engineer is revolutionizing social media as we know it
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Daisy Ridley's advice for young actors sounds a lot like Yoda's
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Chicago man appears to stream his own shooting on Facebook
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Mark Zuckerberg's H&M collection is just gray T-shirts and blue jeans
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North Carolina faces massive backlash after anti-LGBT law
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Facebook activates Safety Check after overpass collapse in India
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KLM flight updates are now available directly in Facebook Messenger
KLM flight updates are now available directly in Facebook Messenger


Social media junkies reveal what their cyberstalking habits are really like
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Mark Zuckerberg weighs in on wave of terror attacks
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