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Meta Platforms, Inc., [9] doing business as Meta, [10] and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., [11] [12] is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services. [13]
Facebook's privacy problems resulted in companies like Viber Media and Mozilla discontinuing advertising on Facebook's platforms. [ 209 ] [ 210 ] A January 2024 study by Consumer Reports found that among a self-selected group of volunteer participants, each user is monitored or tracked by over two thousand companies on average.
Facebook launched the Facebook Platform on May 24, 2007, providing a framework for software developers to create applications that interact with core Facebook features. [1] [2] A markup language called Facebook Markup Language was introduced simultaneously; it is used to customize the "look and feel" of applications that developers create.
Facebook rolls out keyword search for all posts, part of Facebook Graph Search, to all US English users on desktop and using iPhones. [ 458 ] [ 459 ] [ 460 ] It is cited as a potential competitor to Yelp and other product recommendation engines [ 461 ] and also as a potential way to surface old, embarrassing posts by people.
The news feed is the primary system through which users are exposed to content posted on the network. Using a secret method (initially known as EdgeRank), Facebook selects a handful of updates to actually show users every time they visit their feed, out of an average of 1500 updates they can potentially receive.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ ˈ z ʌ k ər b ɜːr ɡ /; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.
Facebook: Meta Platforms United States: 2004 3.070 billion [1] [2] 2.11 billion daily active users [1] 2 YouTube: Alphabet Inc. United States: 2005 2.504 billion [3] 3 WhatsApp: Meta Platforms United States: 2009 2 billion [3] Had 1 billion daily active users when it had 1.3 billion monthly active users [citation needed] Instagram: Meta ...
Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp. The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform.