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 is giving Messenger bots a massive overhaul
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Zuckerberg: Facebook's next focus is building community
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Facebook gives employees the thumbs up to protest on International Workers' Day
Facebook gives employees the thumbs up to protest on International Workers' Day

Live blog: Follow Mashable on the ground at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference
Live blog: Follow Mashable on the ground at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference


How WhatsApp brings my family closer together
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Instagram rips off yet another service
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This is the brutal cost of keeping the internet less terrible
This is the brutal cost of keeping the internet less terrible

Facebook wants social VR to be a thing. That's never going to happen.
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MashTalk: Did Burger King cross the line with its Google Home stunt?
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Facebook blasted again for not quickly removing child porn
Facebook blasted again for not quickly removing child porn


Our survey shows people know Snapchat started Stories—but Facebook might win out anyway
Our survey shows people know Snapchat started Stories—but Facebook might win out anyway

Like it or not, Facebook Messenger is unstoppable
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Snapchat's finally offering more location data to advertisers
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