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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


This article is about the social media service. For its owner, formerly known as Facebook, Inc.,
see Meta Platforms.
Not to be confused with Face book or The World Factbook.

Facebook

Logo used since September 2023

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Type of site Social networking service

Available in 112 languages[1]

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Founded February 4, 2004; 20 years ago in Cambridge,

Massachusetts

Area served Worldwide, except blocking countries

Owner Meta Platforms

 Mark Zuckerberg
Founder(s)
 Dustin Moskovitz

 Chris Hughes

 Andrew McCollum

 Eduardo Saverin

CEO Mark Zuckerberg

URL facebook.com

Registration Required (to do any activity)

Users 2.94 billion monthly active users (as of


31 March 2022)[2]

Launched February 4, 2004; 20 years ago

Current status Active

Written in C++, Hack (as HHVM) and PHP

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Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American
technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with
four other Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew
McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face
book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially
limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities.
Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old (or older), except
in the case of a handful of nations, where the age limit is 14 years.[6] As of
December 2022, Facebook claimed 3 billion monthly active users.[7] As of October 2023,
Facebook ranked as the 3rd most visited website in the world, with 22.56% of its traffic
coming from the United States.[8][9] It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.
[10]

Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal
computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile
revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia
which are shared with any other users who have agreed to be their friend or, with
different privacy settings, publicly. Users can also communicate directly with each other
with Messenger, join common-interest groups, and receive notifications on the activities
of their Facebook friends and the pages they follow.
The subject of numerous controversies, Facebook has often been criticized over issues
such as user privacy (as with the Cambridge Analytica data scandal), political
manipulation (as with the 2016 U.S. elections) and mass surveillance.[11] Facebook has
also been subject to criticism over psychological effects such as addiction and low self-
esteem, and various controversies over content such as fake news, conspiracy
theories, copyright infringement, and hate speech.[12] Commentators have accused
Facebook of willingly facilitating the spread of such content, as well as exaggerating its
number of users to appeal to advertisers.[13]
History
Further information: History of Facebook

2003–2006: Thefacebook, Thiel investment, and name change

Original layout and name of Thefacebook in 2004, showing Al


Pacino's face superimposed with binary numbers as Facebook's original logo, designed by co-
founder Andrew McCollum [14]

Zuckerberg built a website called "Facemash" in 2003 while attending Harvard


University. The site was comparable to Hot or Not and used "photos compiled from the
online face books of nine Houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking
users to choose the 'hotter' person".[15] Facemash attracted 450 visitors and 22,000
photo-views in its first four hours.[16] The site was sent to several campus group listservs,
but was shut down a few days later by Harvard administration. Zuckerberg faced
expulsion and was charged with breaching security, violating copyrights and violating
individual privacy. Ultimately, the charges were dropped.[15] Zuckerberg expanded on this
project that semester by creating a social study tool. He uploaded art images, each
accompanied by a comments section, to a website he shared with his classmates.[17]

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