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| Facebook logo 2023 | |
| Founder | Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes |
| Important dates | 2021: Facebook, Inc. became Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States |
| Products sold | Social networking service, Messenger, Marketplace, Watch |
| Activities | Social media, technology, online advertising |
| Parent company | Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| Sister company | Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus |
| Subsidiary(ies) | Messenger, Facebook Reality Labs |
| Official website | https://www.facebook.com |
| Country | United States |
| Slogan | "It's free and always will be" (former slogan) |
| Current management | Mark Zuckerberg (CEO) |
| Revenue | Over US$100 billion (Meta, 2023) |
| Market capitalization | Hundreds of billions of US dollars (Meta) |
| Current status | Active |
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Facebook is one of the largest social networking websites in the world. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, and became very popular in 2006. Mark Zuckerberg was a university student at the time, and eventually became a billionaire because of Facebook.
On Facebook, a person can register an account, create groups and communities, and post or send messages to their friends. To register as a user on Facebook, one must use their email. A user must be at least 13 years old to register.
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The site uses blue as its signature colors as Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind. He says that "blue is the richest color for me—I can see all of blue." The website was built by PHP and C++.
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