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The Facebook Platform is the set of services, tools, and products provided by the social networking service Facebook for third-party developers to create their own applications and services that access data in Facebook. [1] The current Facebook Platform was launched in 2010. [2]
Meta Platforms, Inc., [10] doing business as Meta, [11] and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., [12] [13] 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. [14]
Facebook Platform Statistics as of May 2010: More than one million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries; More than 550,000 active applications currently on Facebook Platform; Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications; More than 250,000 websites have integrated with Facebook Platform
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.
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.
Facebook announces that it is acquiring the Sequoia Capital-backed multi-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp for US$16 billion ($4 billion in cash, $12 billion in Facebook shares) plus an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp’s founders and employees that will vest over four years subsequent to closing.
Germany v. Facebook, Inc. On July 2, 2019, German authorities filed a lawsuit against Facebook, with Germany's Federal Office of Justice stating that Facebook only took complaints from certain categories, undermining the violations on its platform. Facebook was fined €2 million for violating Germany's law on internet transparency. [77]
Facebook: Meta Platforms United States: 2004 3.070 billion [1] [2] 2.11 billion daily active users [1] YouTube: Alphabet Inc. United States: 2005 2.504 billion [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 Platforms ...