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| - | '''Facebook''' ([[brand]]ed as "'''facebook'''") is a [[social network service|social networking]] [[website]] launched on [[February 4]], [[2004]]. The free-access website is [[privately held company|privately]] owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profile to notify friends about themselves. The website's name refers to the paper facebooks depicting members of a [[campus]] community that some [[United States|American]] [[college]]s and [[wikt:prep school|preparatory school]]s give to incoming students, faculty, and staff as a way to get to know other people on campus. | + | '''Facebook''' ([[brand]]ed as "'''facebook'''") is a [[social network service|social networking]] [[website]] launched on [[February 4]], [[2004]]. ''[[The Social Network]]'', a drama film directed by [[David Fincher]] about the founding of Facebook, was released October 1, 2010. |
| + | ==Defriending== | ||
| + | Defriending, also known as '''unfriending''', is an [[early 2000s]] [[neologism]]. It is used to denote the practice of removing someone from one's [[friend]] list in [[social networking]] sites such as [[FaceBook]]. | ||
| - | [[Mark Zuckerberg]] founded Facebook while still a student at [[Harvard University]]. Website membership was initially limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the [[Ivy League]]. It later expanded further to include any university student, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. [[Peter Thiel]] was the first person to fund the company, with an initial investment of [[US$]]500,000. Features include a Wall for posting messages and Photos for uploading [[digital photo]]s. The website has more than 80 million active users worldwide. | + | ==See also== |
| - | + | *[[Big tech]] | |
| - | Facebook has met with some controversy over the past few years. It has been blocked in several countries including [[Syria]] and [[Iran]]. [[Criticism_of_Facebook#Privacy_concerns|Privacy]] has also been an issue, and it has been compromised several times. It is also facing several [[Criticism_of_Facebook#Legal_challenges_over_concept_rights|lawsuits]] from a number of Zuckerberg's former classmates, who claim that Facebook had stolen their source code and other intellectual property. | + | *[[Ello]] |
| + | *[[Tinder (app)]] | ||
| + | *[[Oversight Board (Facebook)]] | ||
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Facebook (branded as "facebook") is a social networking website launched on February 4, 2004. The Social Network, a drama film directed by David Fincher about the founding of Facebook, was released October 1, 2010.
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Defriending
Defriending, also known as unfriending, is an early 2000s neologism. It is used to denote the practice of removing someone from one's friend list in social networking sites such as FaceBook.
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