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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 responds to criticism that the network is 'destroying how society works'
Facebook responds to criticism that the network is 'destroying how society works'




Facebook killed the Ticker and that's a bad sign for News Feed
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Facebook doesn't scan Messenger for fake news. But it definitely should
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This was the year we turned on social media
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Virtual reality might save my long-distance relationship
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Facebook now lets you livestream your face as you play Messenger games
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This startup thinks it can share product reviews better than YouTube
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Here's what Facebook's Australian users talked about the most in 2017
Here's what Facebook's Australian users talked about the most in 2017

How Facebook Watch will overtake YouTube as the biggest video platform
By Brendan Gahan
How Facebook Watch will overtake YouTube as the biggest video platform


Your best Instagram Stories can now live on forever in your profile
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Australia launches inquiry into how Google and Facebook affect local media
Australia launches inquiry into how Google and Facebook affect local media

Bitcoin just made the Winklevoss twins billionaires
Bitcoin just made the Winklevoss twins billionaires

The Winklevoss twins are now among the world's first bitcoin billionaires
The Winklevoss twins are now among the world's first bitcoin billionaires

Facebook takes aim at children under 13 with Messenger Kids
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Facebook is not afraid of Brexit, creates 800 new jobs in the UK
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Facebook videos to start with ads as Watch takes on YouTube
Facebook videos to start with ads as Watch takes on YouTube
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