Facebook

Facebook is a widely-used app that is available for iOS and iPadOS. It can also be accessed through a web browser by desktop or laptop computers. Account registration is required for access.
==History==
In 2003, student created a website called Facemash that gathered feedback on whether photos of fellow students were "hot or not". This brought Zuckerberg under the scrutiny of university administrators for unauthorized breach of privacy of the other students. The administration elected not to expel Zuckerberg, but forced him to take down the website.Facemash Creator Survives Ad Board by Katharine A. Kaplan, The Harvard Crimson. 2003-11-19. 
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Zuckerberg then collaborated with classmates , , , and to co-found and launch TheFacebook on February 4, 2004 at for undergraduate students only. The name was soon shortened to "Facebook" and the limitation to college students was lifted in 2006.'The Social Network': When was Facebook created? How long did it take to create Facebook? by Mythili Devarakonda, USA Today. 2022-07-25. The Facebook app for iPhone OS 2 (later iOS) was first released on July 10, 2008.Facebook by Meta Platforms, AppAdvice. 2022-02-02.Facebook For iPhone Application Launches, Adweek. 2008-07-10. By 2010, Facebook surpassed Google as the most visited internet site in some countries.Facebook topples Google as internet’s most visited site by Sean Si, SEO-Hacker. 2010-06-10. In 2011, Facebook relocated to the former headquarters of Sun Microsystems, which had itself been acquired by Oracle Corporation.Facebook Makes It Official: We Bought The Old Sun Campus In Menlo Park (And Don’t Forget We’re Hiring!) by Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch. 2011-02-08. Sun's logo was kept and moved to the back of the campus sign as a cautionary warning against complacency.Oracle to Buy Sun, Sun Microsystems]. 2009-04-20. Archived 2009-04-23.
===Privacy issues===
In September 2012, Apple introduced the ability for users to share content with Facebook from devices running iOS 6 or Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).Apple releases OS X 10.8.2 with Facebook integration, Save As improvements, more by Lex Friedman, Macworld. 2012-09-19. Privacy concerns over how user data was being used led Apple to remove Facebook integration from iOS 11 in 2017, and macOS Mojave (10.14) in 2018.Apple Nixes Facebook and Twitter Integration in iOS 11 by Juli Clover, MacRumors. 2017-06-05.Apple strips Facebook & Twitter integration from macOS Mojave by Roger Fingas, AppleInsider. 2018-06-06. However, it remained the third most visited site in the world in February 2021, behind Google and YouTube.Google, YouTube, Facebook Are the Most Visited Websites in the World by Daniyal Malik, Digital Information World. 2021-02-04.
On October 4, 2021, the entire Facebook system, including its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp were taken offline by an internal while its stock lost tens of billions of dollars in market value.Facebook stock falls as global outage continues by Lucas Matney, TechCrunch. 2021-10-04. Twitter CEO inquired about buying the facebook.com domain.how much? by Jack Dorsey, Twitter. 2021-10-04. In February 2022, Facebook's parent company lost several hundreds of billions in market value after posting disappointing earnings reports, citing growing competition from TikTok, along with ten billion dollars in lost annual revenue due to anti-tracking and privacy features introduced by Apple.Facebook Parent Meta’s Stock Continues Freefall, With Another 5% Drop on Monday by Antoinette Siu, The Wrap. 2022-02-07.Facebook says Apple iOS privacy change will result in $10 billion revenue hit this year by Kif Leswing, CNBC. 2022-02-03. Facebook subsequently noted the "iOS changes" as a leading cause of its "massive" hiring freeze, after a 40% loss in market value.‘Massive’ Facebook hiring freeze and 40% decline in stock price is partly Apple’s fault, says CFO by Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac. 2022-05-05. However, its lower may allow it to fall below the threshold of .Facebook market cap falls below $600 billion — which could actually help it dodge new antitrust scrutiny by Lauren Feiner, CNBC, 2022-02-08.
===Metaverse===
Facebook had changed its name to in October 2021 in preparation of launching a "". Meta criticized Apple for its 30% commission on App Store sales, even though Apple was charging most developers only 15%. Meta CEO pledged to charge less than the 30% cut taken by other platforms in 2021.Apple calls out Meta for hypocrisy over its almost 50% cut on metaverse content by Ben LoveJoy, 9to5Mac. 2022-04-14. However, in April 2022, Meta subsidiary confirmed that the Meta Quest Store would be charging fees of up to 47.5% for VR apps and games. Despite criticism for its "hypocrisy", Vivek Sharma, Meta's VP of its Horizon Worlds subsidiary, called the fees "competitive", stating that "We believe in the other platforms being able to have their share."Apple Says Plan for Nearly 50% Commission on Metaverse Purchases 'Lays Bare Meta's Hypocrisy' by Sami Fathi, MacRumors. 2022-04-14.Meta plans to take a nearly 50% cut on virtual asset sales in its metaverse by Sam L. Shead, CNBC. 2022-04-13.
==Media portrayals==
The rise of Facebook and the interactions between its founding members were depicted in the 2010 film dramatization , which was written by , who also adapted the 2015 film Steve Jobs.The Social Network (2010): Full Cast & Crew, Internet Movie Database. Accessed 2022-10-11.Steve Jobs (2015): Full Cast & Crew, Internet Movie Database. Accessed 2020-02-09.
==System requirements==
As of October 2022, the minimum requirements for the various versions of the Facebook app are:
*iOS 13.4 or later
*iPadOS 13.4 or later
*tvOS 13.0 or later
==References==
==External links==
*Facebook official site
*Facebook at the Apple App Store
**Facebook Gaming at the App Store
**Messenger at the App Store
*Facebook at Google Play
*Facebook at the Microsoft Store
*Facebook at Logopedia
* at Wikipedia
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