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For example, a Facebook user can link their email account to their Facebook to find friends on the site, allowing the company to collect the email addresses of users and non-users alike. [412] Over time, countless data points about an individual are collected; any single data point perhaps cannot identify an individual, but together allows the ...
Meta Platforms, Inc., [10] doing business as Meta, [11] and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., [12] [13] is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services. [14]
In the summer of 2004, venture capitalist Peter Thiel made a $500,001 angel investment in the social network Facebook for 10.2% of the company and joined Facebook's board. This was the first outside investment in Facebook. [62] [63] [64]
Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, [45] the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, [46] and subsequently released standalone iOS and Android apps in August 2011. [47]
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ ˈ z ʌ k ər b ɜːr ɡ /; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
Company Location Acquired on Acquired for Talent acquired Related to Used as / integrated with References 1 facebook.com domain name USA, Boston, Massachusetts: August 23, 2005 200,000 — — name change from Thefacebook.com [5] [6] 2 Parakey USA, Mountain View, California: July 19, 2007 — Blake Ross, Joe Hewitt: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital
Dustin Aaron Moskovitz [1] (/ ˈ m ɒ s k ə v ɪ t s /; born May 22, 1984) [2] is an American billionaire internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook, Inc. (now known as Meta Platforms) with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. [3]
Facebook (and parent company Meta Platforms) has been the subject of criticism and legal action since it was founded in 2004. [1] Criticisms include the outsize influence Facebook has on the lives and health of its users and employees, as well as Facebook's influence on the way media, specifically news, is reported and distributed.