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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Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to make Russia-linked Facebook ads public is a disgrace
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Facebook to hand more than 3,000 Russian ads to Congress
Facebook to hand more than 3,000 Russian ads to Congress

Twitter to testify on Russian bots as politicians take aim at big tech
Twitter to testify on Russian bots as politicians take aim at big tech




Sheryl Sandberg 'disgusted' by anti-Semitic ad buys, wants to end them
Sheryl Sandberg 'disgusted' by anti-Semitic ad buys, wants to end them


Why deleting terrorist content within 2 hours off social networks isn't the solution we need
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Activists say ethnic cleansing in Myanmar is being erased from Facebook
Activists say ethnic cleansing in Myanmar is being erased from Facebook


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'Strangers' is the sweetest new series on Facebook Watch



Facebook tests 'Snooze' feature to temporarily hide annoying friends
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Facebook let advertisers buy ads targeting 'Jew haters'
Facebook let advertisers buy ads targeting 'Jew haters'

Facebook wants you to check its new 'Crisis Response' feature when disaster hits
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Why every big tech company wants a 'Game of Thrones'
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These Florida cops are going viral for a fairly obvious reason
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