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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Feel like your phone's spying on you? You're not alone
Feel like your phone's spying on you? You're not alone

Memorialized accounts on Facebook get 'Tributes' section
Memorialized accounts on Facebook get 'Tributes' section


Facebook plans 'enterprise edition' of VR headsets
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Disabling this Facebook phone number setting is not an option
Disabling this Facebook phone number setting is not an option

Will Smith launches "Will Smith's Bucket List"
Will Smith launches "Will Smith's Bucket List"



Facebook might launch a cryptocurrency in the first half of 2019
Facebook might launch a cryptocurrency in the first half of 2019



What does consolidation of the internet mean for society? It's complicated.
What does consolidation of the internet mean for society? It's complicated.

Facebook and Instagram ban UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson
Facebook and Instagram ban UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson

Facebook responds to devastating story about content moderators
Facebook responds to devastating story about content moderators

Period tracking app says it will stop sharing health data with Facebook
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What Silicon Valley can learn from Pinterest
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The UK government thinks it's time for Facebook to be regulated
The UK government thinks it's time for Facebook to be regulated

For every Facebook Watch success story, there are countless failures
For every Facebook Watch success story, there are countless failures

Facebook might have to pay billions of dollars in fines to FTC for privacy violations
Facebook might have to pay billions of dollars in fines to FTC for privacy violations


Facebook's search feature has some pretty creepy suggestions
Facebook's search feature has some pretty creepy suggestions

Iranian spies allegedly used Facebook to target U.S. intelligence agents
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