Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.
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Facebook is an American social networking service founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and his Harvard College roommates that allows people to connect and share information online. It is now owned by Meta Platforms, a large American technology company, and has become one of the world's most widely used social media platforms.
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- 75px|Facebook logo 175px|Facebook wordmark
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- The Facebook logo is a circular logo with a sans-serif white letter "F" with a blue background.
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- Logo used since September 2023.
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- This is a screenshot of Mark Zuckerburg's Facebook profile. It includes his profile photo and a header photo of llamas.
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- Mark Zuckerberg's profile (viewed when logged out), 2023
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- Social networking service
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55 sectionsContents
- <span class="anchor" id="Thefacebook"></span> History
- Features
- <span class="anchor" id="Features"></span> Website
- Technical aspects
- 2012 architecture
- Content delivery network (CDN)
- Hack programming language
- User profile/personal timeline
- News Feed
- Like button
- Instant messaging
- Privacy policy
- Bug Bounty Program
- Reception
- Userbase
- Demographics
- Censorship
- Criticisms and controversies
- Privacy concerns
- Racial bias
- Shadow profiles
- Cambridge Analytica
- DataSpii
- Breaches
- Phone data and activity
- Public apologies
- <span class="anchor" id="Violence, conspiracy theories and fringe discourse"></span> Content disputes and moderation
- Misinformation and fake news
- Threats and incitement
- Terrorism
- Hate speech
- Violent erotica
- ''InfoWars''
- Political manipulation
- Influence Operations and Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior
- Russian interference
- Anti-Rohingya propaganda
- Anti-Muslim propaganda and Hindu nationalism in India
- Company governance
- Customer support
- Litigation
- <span class="anchor" id="Social impact"></span> Impact
- Scope
- Economy
- Society
- Mental and emotional health
- <span class="anchor" id="Political_impact"></span> Politics
- India
- Culture
- Internet.org
- Environment
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.
The service was initially limited to Harvard students before gradually expanding to other universities in North America. Since 2006, Facebook has permitted registration by individuals aged 13 and older, with the exception of South Korea, Spain, and Quebec, where the minimum age is 14.
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