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 gets even shadier, limits EU privacy law reach
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Here's how Facebook will comply with EU's strict privacy laws
Here's how Facebook will comply with EU's strict privacy laws

Facebook's facial recognition features could cost it billions of dollars
Facebook's facial recognition features could cost it billions of dollars


Canada to Facebook: ’The time of self-regulation is over’
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Facebook reiterates it's not the only one targeting you with ads online
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Bumble launches Facebook-free login
Bumble launches Facebook-free login


Removing Richard Spencer from Facebook is a gesture, not a fix
Removing Richard Spencer from Facebook is a gesture, not a fix

Facebook isn't the only one with too much of your data. Just ask Google and Amazon.
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Did Mark Zuckerberg just beat Congress?
Did Mark Zuckerberg just beat Congress?


Cambridge fires back at Zuckerberg's accusations, basically says GTFO
Cambridge fires back at Zuckerberg's accusations, basically says GTFO




Who are Diamond and Silk and why is everyone talking about them?
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Facebook needs to fundamentally change to fix its worst problems
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