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 got hit with $5 billion fine, but it's what comes next that matters most


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Facebook tries to explain the complicated world of ad tracking

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Facebook forms group dedicated to projects with ‘experimental apps’

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Smaller, faster Tinder Lite app coming to Vietnam soon

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Facebook is still trying to figure out how to make viral apps
Facebook is still trying to figure out how to make viral apps


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The rise of Big Tech monopolies from Microsoft to Google — How Did We Get Here

Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook are having issues. Again.
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Facebook’s new currency, Libra, is being taken seriously by big banks
Facebook’s new currency, Libra, is being taken seriously by big banks

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Facebook limits the spread of quack cancer treatments but leaves wellness alone

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Racist Border Patrol Facebook group confirms all your worst suspicions

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Facebook's Libra hasn't launched, but big banks are already taking notice

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Facebook reveals plan for policy-reviewing ‘Supreme Court’

What we know about Facebook's 'Supreme Court'
What we know about Facebook's 'Supreme Court'


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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is 'evaluating' deepfake policy
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