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Facebook F8 is a mostly-annual conference held by Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) since 2007, intended for developers and entrepreneurs who build products and services around the website. The event has generally started with a keynote speech by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg , followed by various breakout sessions concentrating on specific ...
Following surveys of Facebook users, [27] this desire for change will take the form of a reconfiguration of the News Feed algorithms in order to: Prioritize content of family members and friends (Mark Zuckerberg January 12, Facebook: [28] "The first changes you'll see will be in News Feed, where you can expect to see more from your friends, family and groups".)
On April 24, 2019, Facebook said it could face a fine between $3 billion ($3.58 billion in 2023 dollars [31]) to $5 billion ($5.96 billion in 2023 dollars [31]) as the result of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. [224]
On October 24, 2007, Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million ($353 million in 2023 dollars [49]), giving Facebook a total implied value of around $15 billion ($22 billion in 2023 dollars [49]). Microsoft's purchase included rights to place international advertisements.
Facebook Live was used by the perpetrators of an incident in which four black young adults kidnapped and tortured a mentally disabled white male. [121] All four were charged and convicted of hate crimes. [122] Facebook Live was also used by Brenton Tarrant, perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings to broadcast the attack on Al Noor Mosque.
Meta Hacker Cup (formerly known as Facebook Hacker Cup) is an annual international programming competition hosted and administered by Meta Platforms. The competition began in 2011 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Meta Platforms. [ 2 ]
In 2020, Facebook, Inc. spent $19.7 million on lobbying, hiring 79 lobbyists. In 2019, it had spent $16.7 million on lobbying and had a team of 71 lobbyists, up from $12.6 million and 51 lobbyists in 2018. [127] Facebook was the largest spender of lobbying money among the Big Tech companies in 2020. [128]
Facebook, Inc.) is an ongoing antitrust court case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms. The lawsuit alleges that Meta has accumulated monopoly power via anti-competitive mergers, with the suit centering on the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp .