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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Americans say social media is destroying the news — but nobody knows what to do about it
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Over 1,000 charged for sharing revenge porn on Facebook
Over 1,000 charged for sharing revenge porn on Facebook


This chatbot wants to cut through the noise on climate science
This chatbot wants to cut through the noise on climate science

Facebook just became the ultimate dystopia
Facebook just became the ultimate dystopia

Current Facebook wants to go back to being Old Facebook
Current Facebook wants to go back to being Old Facebook




Facebook announces a big News Feed change — and just wants you to be happy
Facebook announces a big News Feed change — and just wants you to be happy




In ongoing battle against fake news, Facebook decides to get local
In ongoing battle against fake news, Facebook decides to get local


Facebook's Oculus Go will be made by this Chinese company
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Facebook updates 'M' — removing humans from virtual assistant
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Why there's so much hype about Facebook and cryptocurrency
Why there's so much hype about Facebook and cryptocurrency


Why Hillary Clinton’s former CTO left politics for a fitness startup
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Snapchat just did the most anti-Snapchat thing ever
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Stop reading what Facebook tells you to read
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Facebook tool lets you see if you followed the Russians
Facebook tool lets you see if you followed the Russians
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