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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WhatsApp is testing an algorithmic feed for Status
WhatsApp is testing an algorithmic feed for Status




Facebook just bought a furniture shopping startup
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Facebook just bought a furniture shopping startup

Facebook just bought a furniture shopping startup
Facebook just bought a  furniture shopping startup


Senators demand answers from Facebook, Google, and Apple over now-banned ‘research’ monitoring apps
Senators demand answers from Facebook, Google, and Apple over now-banned ‘research’ monitoring apps

Instagram's new donation sticker will make it easy to give money to charities
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WhatsApp bans 2 million fake accounts per month
WhatsApp bans 2 million fake accounts per month

Facebook will award bonuses to employees who fix its fake news, hate speech problems
Facebook will award bonuses to employees who fix its fake news, hate speech problems

Why more politicians should livestream their own State of the Union response
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Facebook bans four armed rebel groups in Myanmar
Facebook bans four armed rebel groups in Myanmar

You can now unsend your Facebook messages if you're quick enough
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Facebook acquires team behind blockchain startup Chainspace
Facebook acquires team behind blockchain startup Chainspace


WhatsApp gets Face ID and Touch ID support
WhatsApp gets Face ID and Touch ID support

I joined Google+ to escape Facebook. It didn't work.
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Snopes quits Facebook's fact-checking program
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower takes a data job at fashion giant H&M
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower takes a data job at fashion giant H&M

Facebook removes hundreds of pages and groups in Indonesia
Facebook removes hundreds of pages and groups in Indonesia

Some Facebook employees considered quitting over Apple mess
Some Facebook employees considered quitting over Apple mess

Facebook isn't sorry about its shady 'research' app
Facebook isn't sorry about its shady 'research' app
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