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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Meta allows Trump back on Facebook and Instagram
Trump on Facebook

Facebook Messenger's end-to-end encrypted chats are getting a lot nicer
Facebook encrypted chats.


Facebook and Instagram told to overhaul nudity policies by Oversight Board
Meta (Facebook) sign is seen at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California

10 social media trends that changed the internet in 2022
BeReal, Meta, and Twitter and all the ways social media changed in 2022.


Soon you'll be able to tweet and BeReal from Instagram
Notes app on Instagram.

Meta is scheming to replace Twitter
Hands chiseling the Facebook logo.

Meta's Oversight Board comes out swinging against Facebook's VIP 'cross-check' program
Facebook logo


Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 people, or 13% of its workforce
Mark Zuckerberg Meta

What is Facebook's professional mode?
People still on Facebook


People are using TikTok as a news source, as Facebook declines
person looking at a social media feed on their phone


What are Facebook Stars, and should you give them?
Facebook interconnectivity

Meta has made thousands of dollars from hate speech ads, report finds
Facebook logo

If you downloaded a dud app, it might have stolen your Facebook password
blue background with facebook logo in the center


Facebook is giving us a little bit more control over our feeds
A group of people holding up Facebook pages

Facebook and Instagram are officially NFT-positive in the U.S.
instagram logo


Lawsuits against Meta claim its apps track users despite Apple's rules
Meta logo and the company's iOS apps

Trump may be allowed back on Facebook early next year
distorted photo of Donald Trump yelling

Facebook's anti-vax carrot emoji, explained
scientist with a syringe in a carrot

Meta Oversight Board finds plenty of flaws with Facebook's content moderation
Meta Oversight Board
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