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Facebook (then called "thefacebook") was founded by students Zuckerberg, Moskovitz, Saverin, and Hughes.
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Facebook hits one million users
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The site expands to high school networks. It also drops the "the" to become just "Facebook."
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Facebook goes public and worldwide. Anyone can now join Facebook
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Membership increases to 58 million in 3 years
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Facebook gets 500 million active users in 6 years
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Facebook releases its IPO - which raised $16 billion and gave the company a $102.4 billion market value for its Facebook stock.
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Membership hits the 1 billion mark in 8 years
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Facebook's acquisition, Instagram, launches video capability.
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Acquisition of WhatsApp is announced.
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Facebook Marketplace launches - allowing users to buy and sell products on the Facebook app itself
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Facebook is sued by shareholders, following stock plummet.
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Zuckerberg testifies before Congress regarding concerns over data and privacy breaches.
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Facebook announces yet another major security breach in its system.
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Facebook shareholders vote to remove Zuckerberg as Facebook chairman. 68% agree with the motion.
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Facebook announces the cancellation of all major public events until 2021 amid COVID-19 fears.
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In July of this year, Facebook (now Meta) announced it would create a product team to work on the metaverse.
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Zuckerberg, at the Facebook Connect augmented and virtual reality conference, announced the company’s plans to change its name to Meta to reflect the company’s ambition to create technology to connect people.
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Facebook (now meta) is currently the most used app in the market