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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Apple has now broken all of Google’s internal iOS apps
Apple has now broken all of Google’s internal iOS apps

Facebook removed hundreds of accounts and pages linked to Iran
Facebook removed hundreds of accounts and pages linked to Iran


Twitter suspends thousands of accounts for potential ties to 'foreign information operations'
Twitter suspends thousands of accounts for potential ties to 'foreign information operations'

Fake news sites are simply changing their domain name to get around Facebook fact-checkers
Fake news sites are simply changing their domain name to get around Facebook fact-checkers

Facebook doesn't want to talk about how many people use its app anymore
Facebook doesn't want to talk about how many people use its app anymore


'F*ck ethics. Money is everything': Facebook employees react to scandal on gossip app
'F*ck ethics. Money is everything': Facebook employees react to scandal on gossip app


Perfect timing: Facebook hires top privacy law activists
Perfect timing: Facebook hires top privacy law activists

Facebook paid teens to install an app to spy on their internet and phone use
Facebook paid teens to install an app to spy on their internet and phone use

Despite 'transparency' claims, Facebook stops watchdogs from monitoring ads
Despite 'transparency' claims, Facebook stops watchdogs from monitoring ads


How to celebrate Facebook celebrating 'Data Privacy Day'
How to celebrate Facebook celebrating 'Data Privacy Day'

Facebook will open another 'war room' to combat fake news
Facebook will open another 'war room' to combat fake news


Zuckerberg is breaking promises to Instagram and WhatsApp. Be concerned.
Zuckerberg is breaking promises to Instagram and WhatsApp. Be concerned.

50 percent of Facebook users could be fake, report claims
50 percent of Facebook users could be fake, report claims



Zuckerberg's latest Facebook defense? A 'Wall Street Journal' op-ed
Zuckerberg's latest Facebook defense? A 'Wall Street Journal' op-ed

Instagram get hacked? Good luck getting it back.
Instagram get hacked? Good luck getting it back.

Now Facebook can more easily delete your trash Pages
Now Facebook can more easily delete your trash Pages


WhatsApp imposes new limits on forwarding to fight fake news
WhatsApp imposes new limits on forwarding to fight fake news

Facebook could face 'record-setting' fine from FTC
Facebook could face 'record-setting' fine from FTC
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