133 Facts About Facebook

Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms.

Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones.

Users can communicate directly with each other with Facebook Messenger, join common-interest groups, and receive notifications on the activities of their Facebook friends and the pages they follow.

Subject of numerous controversies, Facebook has often been criticized over issues such as user privacy, political manipulation (as with the 2016 U S elections) and mass surveillance.

Facebook uploaded art images, each accompanied by a comments section, to a website he shared with his classmates.

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On September 26, 2006, Facebook opened to everyone at least 13 years old with a valid email address.

On July 20, 2008, Facebook introduced "Facebook Beta", a significant redesign of its user interface on selected networks.

Facebook began migrating users to the new version in September 2008.

In October 2008, Facebook announced that its international headquarters would locate in Dublin, Ireland.

In September 2009, Facebook said that it had achieved positive cash flow for the first time.

In 2010, Facebook won the Crunchie "Best Overall Startup Or Product" award for the third year in a row.

Facebook had slightly surpassed eBay to become the third largest American web company after Google and Amazon.

In February 2011, Facebook announced plans to move its headquarters to the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park, California.

In March 2011, it was reported that Facebook was removing about 20, 000 profiles daily for violations such as spam, graphic content and underage use, as part of its efforts to boost cyber security.

Statistics showed that Facebook reached one trillion page views in the month of June 2011, making it the most visited website tracked by DoubleClick.

In March 2012, Facebook announced App Center, a store selling applications that operate via the website.

On January 15, 2013, Facebook announced Facebook Graph Search, which provides users with a "precise answer", rather than a link to an answer by leveraging data present on its site.

Facebook emphasized that the feature would be "privacy-aware", returning results only from content already shared with the user.

Facebook released its blueprints of Surround 360 camera on GitHub under an open-source license.

Facebook Spaces is a virtual reality version of Facebook for Oculus VR goggles.

In October 2017, Facebook expanded its work with Definers Public Affairs, a PR firm that had originally been hired to monitor press coverage of the company to address concerns primarily regarding Russian meddling, then mishandling of user data by Cambridge Analytica, hate speech on Facebook, and calls for regulation.

Facebook cut ties with the agency in late 2018, following public outcry over their association.

Facebook Dating includes privacy features and friends are unable to view their friends' dating profile.

On July 31, Facebook said that the company had deleted 17 accounts related to the 2018 U S midterm elections.

Facebook took 29 minutes to detect the livestreamed video, which was eight minutes longer than it took police to arrest the gunman.

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Facebook has promised changes to its platform; spokesman Simon Dilner told Radio New Zealand that it could have done a better job.

On July 31, 2019, Facebook announced a partnership with University of California, San Francisco to build a non-invasive, wearable device that lets people type by simply imagining themselves talking.

On March 10, 2020, Facebook appointed two new directors Tracey Travis and Nancy Killefer to their board of members.

On September 15, 2020, Facebook launched a climate science information centre to promote authoritative voices on climate change and provide access of "factual and up-to-date" information on climate science.

Facebook was sued by the Federal Trade Commission as well as a coalition of several states for illegal monopolization and antitrust.

The suits were dismissed by a federal judge on June 28, 2021, who stated that there was not enough evidence brought in the suit to determine Facebook to be a monopoly at this point, though allowed the FTC to amend its case to include additional evidence.

Facebook has been accused of removing and shadow banning content that spoke either in favor of protesting Indian farmers or against Narendra Modi's government.

On June 29, 2021, Facebook announced Bulletin, a platform for independent writers.

In October 2021, owner Facebook, Inc changed its company name to Meta Platforms, Inc, or simply "Meta", as it shifts its focus to building the "metaverse".

On March 10, 2022, Facebook announced that it will temporarily ease rules to allow violent speech against 'Russian invaders'.

The outage was global in scope, and took down all Facebook properties, including Instagram and WhatsApp, from approximately 15:39 UTC to 22:05 UTC, and affected roughly three billion users.

On November 2, 2021, Facebook announced it would shut down its facial recognition technology and delete the data on over a billion users.

Facebook used a combination platform based on HBase to store data across distributed machines.

Facebook uses its own content delivery network or "edge network" under the domain fbcdn.

On March 20, 2014, Facebook announced a new open-source programming language called Hack.

Each registered user on Facebook has a personal profile that shows their posts and content.

In 2007, Facebook launched Facebook Pages for brands and celebrities to interact with their fanbases.

In June 2009, Facebook introduced a "Usernames" feature, allowing users to choose a unique nickname used in the URL for their personal profile, for easier sharing.

In February 2014, Facebook expanded the gender setting, adding a custom input field that allows users to choose from a wide range of gender identities.

In May 2014, Facebook introduced a feature to allow users to ask for information not disclosed by other users on their profiles.

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On February 23, 2010, Facebook was granted a patent on certain aspects of its News Feed.

On June 7, 2012, Facebook launched its App Center to help users find games and other applications.

On October 11, 2017, Facebook introduced the 3D Posts feature to allow for uploading interactive 3D assets.

In March and April 2021, in response to Apple announcing changes to its iOS device's Identifier for Advertisers policy, which included requiring app developers to directly request to users the ability to track on an opt-in basis, Facebook purchased full-page newspaper advertisements attempting to convince users to allow tracking, highlighting the effects targeted ads have on small businesses.

Facebook's efforts were ultimately unsuccessful, as Apple released iOS 14.

In February 2016, Facebook expanded Like into "Reactions", choosing among five pre-defined emotions, including "Love", "Haha", "Wow", "Sad", or "Angry".

Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application.

In 2017, Facebook added "Messenger Day", a feature that lets users share photos and videos in a story-format with all their friends with the content disappearing after 24 hours; Reactions, which lets users tap and hold a message to add a reaction through an emoji; and Mentions, which lets users in group conversations type @ to give a particular user a notification.

Facebook enables users to control access to individual posts and their profile through privacy settings.

Facebook's revenue depends on targeted advertising, which involves analyzing user data to decide which ads to show each user.

Facebook buys data from third parties, gathered from both online and offline sources, to supplement its own data on users.

Facebook maintains that it does not share data used for targeted advertising with the advertisers themselves.

We confirm which Facebook ads led you to make a purchase or take an action with an advertiser.

Facebook's policies have changed repeatedly since the service's debut, amid a series of controversies covering everything from how well it secures user data, to what extent it allows users to control access, to the kinds of access given to third parties, including businesses, political campaigns and governments.

Facebook promised not to pursue "white hat" hackers who identified such problems.

In 2019, Facebook announced it would start enforcing its ban on users, including influencers, promoting any vape, tobacco products, or weapons on its platforms.

Facebook's leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people.

Facebook has been criticized for electricity usage, tax avoidance, real-name user requirement policies, censorship and its involvement in the United States PRISM surveillance program.

Facebook is alleged to have harmful psychological effects on its users, including feelings of jealousy and stress, a lack of attention and social media addiction.

Facebook has been criticized for allowing users to publish illegal or offensive material.

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Facebook has faced a steady stream of controversies over how it handles user privacy, repeatedly adjusting its privacy settings and policies.

On November 29, 2011, Facebook settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by failing to keep privacy promises.

In January 2014 two users filed a lawsuit against Facebook alleging that their privacy had been violated by this practice.

Phone numbers of at least 200 million Facebook users were found to be exposed on an open online database in September 2019.

Facebook was accused of committing "systemic" racial bias by EEOC based on the complaints of three rejected candidates and a current employee of the company.

Additionally, while Facebook users have the ability to download and inspect the data they provide to the site, data from the user's "shadow profile" is not included, and non-users of Facebook do not have access to this tool regardless.

Facebook has been unclear whether or not it is possible for a person to revoke Facebook's access to their "shadow profile.

At first Facebook downplayed the significance of the breach, and suggested that Cambridge Analytica no longer had access.

Facebook then issued a statement expressing alarm and suspended Cambridge Analytica.

Review of documents and interviews with former Facebook employees suggested that Cambridge Analytica still possessed the data.

Facebook notified users affected by the exploit and logged them out of their accounts.

In March 2019, Facebook confirmed a password compromise of millions of Facebook lite application users affected millions of Instagram users.

In February 2020, Facebook encountered a major security breach in which its official Twitter account was hacked by a Saudi Arabia-based group called "OurMine".

Facebook alleged it was "old data" from a problem fixed in August 2019 despite the data's having been released a year and a half later only in 2021; it declined to speak with journalists, had apparently not notified regulators, called the problem "unfixable", and said it would not be advising users.

The Washington Post columnist Geoffrey A Fowler found that this included what other apps he used on his phone, even while the Facebook app was closed, what other web sites he visited on his phone, and what in-store purchases he made from affiliated businesses, even while his phone was completely off.

In November 2021, a report was published by Fairplay, Global Action Plan and Reset Australia detailing accusations that Facebook was continuing to manage their ad targeting system with data collected from teen users.

Facebook apologies have appeared in newspapers, television, blog posts and on Facebook.

Previously, Facebook had its privacy settings spread out over 20 pages, and has now put all of its privacy settings on one page, which makes it more difficult for third-party apps to access the user's personal information.

In 2017, a former Facebook executive went on the record to discuss how social media platforms have contributed to the unraveling of the "fabric of society".

Facebook relies on its users to generate the content that bonds its users to the service.

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Facebook has come under criticism both for allowing objectionable content, including conspiracy theories and fringe discourse, and for prohibiting other content that it deems inappropriate.

In 2017, Facebook partnered with fact checkers from the Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network to identify and mark false content, though most ads from political candidates are exempt from this program.

Facebook stated that content that receives "false" ratings from its fact-checkers can be demonetized and suffer dramatically reduced distribution.

In May 2019, Facebook banned a number of "dangerous" commentators from its platform, including Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Nehlen, David Duke, and Laura Loomer, for allegedly engaging in "violence and hate".

Somin's Facebook friends reported the comments to Facebook, which did nothing except dispatch automated messages.

Facebook was criticized for allowing InfoWars to publish falsehoods and conspiracy theories.

Facebook defended its actions in regards to InfoWars, saying "we just don't think banning Pages for sharing conspiracy theories or false news is the right way to go.

Facebook pledged to remove InfoWars content making the claim, although InfoWars videos pushing the false claims were left up, even though Facebook had been contacted about the videos.

Facebook stated that the videos never explicitly called them actors.

Facebook allowed InfoWars videos that shared the Pizzagate conspiracy theory to survive, despite specific assertions that it would purge Pizzagate content.

In late July 2018 Facebook suspended the personal profile of InfoWars head Alex Jones for 30 days.

In early August 2018, Facebook banned the four most active InfoWars-related pages for hate speech.

In 2018, Facebook stated that during 2018 they had identified "coordinated inauthentic behavior" in "many Pages, Groups and accounts created to stir up political debate, including in the US, the Middle East, Russia and the UK.

In October 2018, The Daily Telegraph reported that Facebook "banned hundreds of pages and accounts that it says were fraudulently flooding its site with partisan political content – although they came from the United States instead of being associated with Russia.

In December 2018, The Washington Post reported that "Facebook has suspended the account of Jonathon Morgan, the chief executive of a top social media research firm" New Knowledge, "after reports that he and others engaged in an operation to spread disinformation" on Facebook and Twitter during the 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama.

In January 2019, Facebook said it has removed 783 Iran-linked accounts, pages and groups for engaging in what it called "coordinated inauthentic behaviour".

In May 2019, Tel Aviv-based private intelligence agency Archimedes Group was banned from Facebook for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" after Facebook found fake users in countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Facebook gave examples of Archimedes Group political interference in Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Angola, Niger and Tunisia.

On May 23, 2019, Facebook released its Community Standards Enforcement Report highlighting that it has identified several fake accounts through artificial intelligence and human monitoring.

Facebook removed more than 1, 800 accounts and pages that were being operated from Russia, Thailand, Ukraine and Honduras.

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On October 30, 2019, Facebook deleted several accounts of the employees working at the Israeli NSO Group, stating that the accounts were "deleted for not following our terms".

In 2020, Facebook helped found American Edge, an anti-regulation lobbying firm to fight anti-trust probes.

Thailand government is forcing Facebook to take down a Facebook group called Royalist Marketplace with 1 million members following potentially illegal posts shared.

In February 2021, Facebook removed the main page of the Myanmar military, after two protesters were shot and killed during the anti-coup protests.

Facebook said that the page breached its guidelines that prohibit the incitement of violence.

Facebook guidelines allow users to call for the death of public figures, they allow praise of mass killers and 'violent non-state actors' in some situations.

In 2021, Facebook was cited as playing a role in the fomenting of the 2021 United States Capitol attack.

Facebook ads have been used to exploit divisions over black political activism and Muslims by simultaneously sending contrary messages to different users based on their political and demographic characteristics in order to sow discord.

In January 2019, Facebook removed 289 pages and 75 coordinated accounts linked to the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik which had misrepresented themselves as independent news or general interest pages.

Facebook later identified and removed an additional 1, 907 accounts linked to Russia found to be engaging in "coordinated inauthentic behaviour".

Facebook's said she shared the post "to reflect my deep belief in celebrating feminism and civic participation".

Current and former Facebook employees told The Wall Street Journal that the decision was part of a pattern of favoritism by Facebook toward the BJP as it seeks more business in India.

Facebook took no action after BJP politicians made posts accusing Muslims of intentionally spreading COVID-19, an employee said.

Economists have noted that Facebook offers many non-rivalrous services that benefit as many users as are interested without forcing users to compete with each other.

Facebook began to reduce its carbon impact after Greenpeace attacked it for its long-term reliance on coal and resulting carbon footprint.

In 2021 Facebook announced that their global operations are supported by 100 percent renewable energy and they have reached net zero emissions, a goal set in 2018.

Facebook provides a development platform for many social gaming, communication, feedback, review, and other applications related to online activities.

In February 2008, a Facebook group called "One Million Voices Against FARC" organized an event in which hundreds of thousands of Colombians marched in protest against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

In 2011, Facebook filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to form a political action committee under the name FB PAC.

Facebook first played a role in the American political process in January 2008, shortly before the New Hampshire primary.

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Facebook users took part in debate groups on specific topics, voter registration and message questions.

Facebook has used several initiatives to encourage its users to register to vote and vote.

In 2020, Facebook announced the goal of helping four million voters register in the US, saying that it had registered 2.

The Guardian claimed that Facebook knew about the security breach for two years, but did nothing to stop it until it became public.

Ahead of the 2019 general elections in India, Facebook has removed 103 pages, groups and accounts on Facebook and Instagram platforms originating from Pakistan.

Facebook said its investigation found a Pakistani military link, along with a mix of real accounts of ISPR employees, and a network of fake accounts created by them that have been operating military fan pages, general interest pages but were posting content about Indian politics while trying to conceal their identity.

Facebook announced in 2021 that it will make an effort to stop disinformation about climate change.

Facebook will expand its information hub on climate to 16 countries.