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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Scientist at centre of Facebook scandal didn't think data would be used to target voters
Scientist at centre of Facebook scandal didn't think data would be used to target voters

Can you build a better successor for Facebook? This competition wants you
Can you build a better successor for Facebook? This competition wants you


Even the founder of WhatsApp thinks you should delete Facebook
Even the founder of WhatsApp thinks you should delete Facebook

Cambridge Analytica used self-destructing email to cover its tracks
Cambridge Analytica used self-destructing email to cover its tracks

I will delete Facebook, but you can pry Instagram from my cold, dead hands
I will delete Facebook, but you can pry Instagram from my cold, dead hands




Facebook created a tool to hide your data from apps but it never launched
Facebook created a tool to hide your data from apps but it never launched




Escaping Facebook takes more than just deleting your account
Escaping Facebook takes more than just deleting your account




Facebook set to be grilled by lawmakers over Trump-linked data firm
Facebook set to be grilled by lawmakers over Trump-linked data firm



How to see all the weird apps that can access your data on Facebook
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Whistleblower's story explains why Facebook booted a Trump-linked data firm
Whistleblower's story explains why Facebook booted a Trump-linked data firm

Facebook suspends Trump-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica
Facebook suspends Trump-linked data firm Cambridge Analytica

Facebook and Google will stop at nothing to squash leaks
Facebook and Google will stop at nothing to squash leaks


Facebook's data-saving Android app is coming to the U.S.
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