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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Facebook finally bans anti-vaccination ads
Facebook finally bans anti-vaccination ads

Holocaust denial is now banned on Facebook
Holocaust denial is now banned on Facebook


Study reveals the simple way people get around Facebook's fact-checking AI
Study reveals the simple way people get around Facebook's fact-checking AI

Facebook bans scores of fake pro-Trump accounts. Again.
Facebook bans scores of fake pro-Trump accounts. Again.

Militia used Facebook to plan kidnapping of Michigan governor, FBI claims
Militia used Facebook to plan kidnapping of Michigan governor, FBI claims

Facebook will temporarily ban political ads after the election (LOL)
Facebook will temporarily ban political ads after the election (LOL)

Trump falsely claims there's 'a cure' for COVID-19 in rambling Facebook, Twitter posts
Trump falsely claims there's 'a cure' for COVID-19 in rambling Facebook, Twitter posts

Watch the anti-Facebook ad set to run during the VP debate
Watch the anti-Facebook ad set to run during the VP debate

Facebook's 'monopoly power' hurts user privacy, finds Congress
Facebook's 'monopoly power' hurts user privacy, finds Congress

Facebook bans QAnon...but can it keep up with the conspiracy theory?
Facebook bans QAnon...but can it keep up with the conspiracy theory?


Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, and Twitter's Jack Dorsey set for Oct. 28 Senate hearing
Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, and Twitter's Jack Dorsey set for Oct. 28 Senate hearing

Facebook is merging Messenger with Instagram's direct messages
Facebook is merging Messenger with Instagram's direct messages

Fake news runs amok as Trump and Biden prepare for the first presidential debate
Fake news runs amok as Trump and Biden prepare for the first presidential debate

Facebook's possible role in Black voter 'deterrence' raised after Trump campaign leak
Facebook's possible role in Black voter 'deterrence' raised after Trump campaign leak


Facebook catches a China-based campaign targeting the U.S.
Facebook catches a China-based campaign targeting the U.S.

New tool makes it easy to see which websites are in bed with Facebook
New tool makes it easy to see which websites are in bed with Facebook

The best messaging apps not owned by Facebook
The best messaging apps not owned by Facebook


Facebook is down for many users on the web
Facebook is down for many users on the web


The future of VR is here with the Oculus Quest 2
The future of VR is here with the Oculus Quest 2


Oculus Quest 2 review: VR finally goes mainstream
Oculus Quest 2 review: VR finally goes mainstream
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