Top 20 facts about Facebook

 1. Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg.




2. It was originally called Thefacebook.


3. It was only open to college students at first.


4. The site expanded to include high school students in September 2005.


5. The site became open to everyone in September 2006.


6. As of September 2018, Facebook had 2.27 billion active users.


7. More than 1.15 billion people use Facebook every day.


8. Facebook is available in more than 70 languages.


9. More than 80% of Facebook users are outside of the United States.


10. The first Facebook advertisement appeared in October 2005.


11. In September 2006, Facebook raised $12.5 million in funding from Accel Partners.


12. In May 2007, Facebook announced that it was open to buying other social networks.


13. In October 2007, Facebook announced that it had signed a deal with Microsoft to create a social networking plugin for Microsoft Outlook.


14. In November 2007, Facebook announced that it had signed a deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to create a social networking site for News Corporation’s newspapers.


15. In May 2009, Facebook announced that it was going to start charging businesses for access to user data.


16. In December 2009, Facebook announced that it had reached a deal with Google to include social networking features in Google’s search results.


17. In February 2011, Facebook announced that it had reached a deal with Zynga to include social networking features in Zynga’s games.


18. In November 2012, Facebook announced that it had reached a deal with the Federal Trade Commission to create a privacy program that would be monitored by an independent third party.


19. In March 2014, Facebook announced that it had reached a deal with the European Union to create a privacy program that would be monitored by an independent third party.


20. In December 2017, Facebook announced that it had reached a deal with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to create a privacy program that would be monitored by an independent third party.

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