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Facebook
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Facebook(FB)isanAmericanforprofitcorporationand
onlinesocialmediaandsocialnetworkingservicebasedin Facebook,Inc.
MenloPark,California.TheFacebookwebsitewas
launchedonFebruary4,2004,byMarkZuckerberg,along
withfellowHarvardCollegestudentsandroommates,
EduardoSaverin,AndrewMcCollum,DustinMoskovitz,
andChrisHughes.[6][7][8]
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Thefoundershadinitiallylimitedthewebsite's
membershiptoHarvardstudentshowever,laterthey
expandedittohighereducationinstitutionsintheBoston
area,theIvyLeagueschools,andStanfordUniversity.
Facebookgraduallyaddedsupportforstudentsatvarious
otheruniversities,andeventuallytohighschoolstudentsas
well.Since2006,anyoneage13andolderhasbeen
allowedtobecomearegistereduserofFacebook,though
variationsexistintheminimumagerequirement,
dependingonapplicablelocallaws.[9]TheFacebookname MarkZuckerberg'sprofile
comesfromthefacebookdirectoriesoftengiventoUnited
Statesuniversitystudents.[10] Typeof Public
business
Facebookmaybeaccessedbyalargerangeofdesktops, Typeofsite Socialnetworkingservice
laptops,tabletcomputers,andsmartphonesoverthe
Internetandmobilenetworks.Afterregisteringtousethe Availablein Multilingual(140)
site,userscancreateauserprofileindicatingtheirname, Tradedas NASDAQ:FB(http://www.na
occupation,schoolsattendedandsoon.Userscanadd sdaq.com/symbol/fb)
otherusersas"friends",exchangemessages,poststatus NASDAQ100Component
updatesanddigitalphotos,sharedigitalvideosandlinks, S&P100Component
usevarioussoftwareapplications("apps"),andreceive
S&P500Component
notificationswhenothersupdatetheirprofilesormake
posts.Additionally,usersmayjoincommoninterestuser Founded February4,2004
groupsorganizedbyworkplace,school,hobbiesorother Headquarters MenloPark,California,UnitedStates
topics,andcategorizetheirfriendsintolistssuchas
"PeopleFromWork"or"CloseFriends".Ingroups,editors Coordinates 37.4848N122.1484W
canpinpoststotop.Additionally,userscancomplain Areaserved UnitedStates(200405)
aboutorblockunpleasantpeople.Becauseofthelarge Worldwide,exceptblockingcountries
volumeofdatathatuserssubmittotheservice,Facebook (2005present)
hascomeunderscrutinyforitsprivacypolicies.Facebook
Founder(s) MarkZuckerberg
makesmostofitsrevenuefromadvertisementswhich
appearonscreen. EduardoSaverin
AndrewMcCollum
Facebook,Inc.helditsinitialpublicoffering(IPO)in DustinMoskovitz
February2012,andbegansellingstocktothepublicthree ChrisHughes
monthslater,reachinganoriginalpeakmarket
Keypeople MarkZuckerberg
capitalizationof$104billion.OnJuly13,2015,Facebook
becamethefastestcompanyintheStandard&Poor's500 (ChairmanandCEO)
SherylSandberg
Indextoreachamarketcapof$250billion.[11]Facebook
hasmorethan1.86billionmonthlyactiveusersasof (COO)