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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Australia will make Facebook and Google pay media organisations for content
Australia will make Facebook and Google pay media organisations for content

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Facebook to launch gaming app as amateur-friendly Twitch competitor




Facebook cancels its in-person events from now until June 2021
Facebook cancels its in-person events from now until June 2021

Facebook to redirect people who like false coronavirus info to WHO website
Facebook to redirect people who like false coronavirus info to WHO website




Facebook takes on Zoom with new Messenger desktop app
Facebook takes on Zoom with new Messenger desktop app

Facebook is working on a coronavirus... reaction button?
Facebook is working on a coronavirus... reaction button?


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Facebook commits $100 million to journalism amid the coronavirus outbreak

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By Words by Stan Schroeder; Video by Marvin Van Buren
Apple's new iPad Pro has some cool new features


It’s not just you: A Facebook glitch marked authentic coronavirus news as spam
It’s not just you: A Facebook glitch marked authentic coronavirus news as spam

Facebook, Google, and more join forces to fight misinformation about coronavirus
By Words by Stan Schroeder; Video by Marvin Van Buren
Facebook, Google, and more join forces to fight misinformation about coronavirus

Facebook, Google, Twitter and others join forces to fight coronavirus fake news
Facebook, Google, Twitter and others join forces to fight coronavirus fake news

Facebook's contractors reportedly still required to work in offices amidst coronavirus concerns
Facebook's contractors reportedly still required to work in offices amidst coronavirus concerns

Here's what's happening to tech workers who can't work remotely as coronavirus spreads
Here's what's happening to tech workers who can't work remotely as coronavirus spreads

Australia has sued Facebook for $529 billion
By Words by Amanda Yeo; Video by Marvin Van Buren
Australia has sued Facebook for $529 billion



Thousands of political ads are sneaking around Facebook’s disclosure rules
Thousands of political ads are sneaking around Facebook’s disclosure rules

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