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 exec blasts WhatsApp founder for being 'low-class'
Facebook exec blasts WhatsApp founder for being 'low-class'

Facebook announces $399 Oculus Quest standalone VR headset
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WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton: 'I sold my users' privacy'
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton: 'I sold my users' privacy'

Facebook is tightening its grip on Instagram
Facebook is tightening its grip on Instagram

Former Facebook content moderator sues company for giving her PTSD
Former Facebook content moderator sues company for giving her PTSD

WhatsApp hires grievance officer to fight deadly fake news in India
WhatsApp hires grievance officer to fight deadly fake news in India


Facebook Pages can now join Facebook Groups
Facebook Pages can now join Facebook Groups

Facebook is set to launch its own smart home device next week
Facebook is set to launch its own smart home device next week

Musk under investigation, Trump's Chinese tariffs, Facebook's fake-news victory: The week in tech news
Musk under investigation, Trump's Chinese tariffs, Facebook's fake-news victory: The week in tech news


Instagram expands shopping features to take on Amazon
Instagram expands shopping features to take on Amazon

Facebook is finally making progress against fake news
Facebook is finally making progress against fake news

Apple moves to thwart Facebook tracking
Apple moves to thwart Facebook tracking

Mark Zuckerberg subtly made a case for not breaking up Facebook
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Illegal animal trade uncovered on Facebook in Thailand
Illegal animal trade uncovered on Facebook in Thailand


Mark Zuckerberg will stop at nothing to win a game of Scrabble
Mark Zuckerberg will stop at nothing to win a game of Scrabble





Facebook's Sandberg and Twitter's Dorsey defend their companies at Senate Intelligence hearing
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