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Facebook is a social networking service launched by Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard University students in February 2004, initially restricted to college students before opening to the general public in 2006. It became the world's largest social network by users, was the founding product of the company later renamed Meta Platforms, and its advertising business, built on detailed user data and a public news feed, reshaped digital advertising, media distribution and political communication worldwide.
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MakerMeta Platforms (founded as Facebook, Inc. by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Facebook is owned and operated by Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms.
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It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.
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