History of the Internet and Social Media By ghawes Nov 21, 1969 Arpanet established 1989 Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web Jan 23, 1993 The first web browser, Mosaic, is created 1997 Six Degrees, the first social media platform, launches Sep 4, 1998 Google comes online 2002 "Friendster" paves the way for more social media Aug 1, 2003 MySpace takes over the scene Feb 4, 2004 Facebook is created at Cambridge Mar 21, 2006 Twitter is founded Sep 26, 2006 Facebook opens to the public Oct 6, 2010 Instagram begins 2012 Vine popularizes short form video Apr 9, 2012 Facebook buys Instagram Sep 20, 2016 TikTok releases Jan 17, 2017 Twitter buys and shuts down Vine Aug 2, 2018 TikTok merges with musical.ly Oct 28, 2021 Facebook inc. transforms to Meta Apr 14, 2022 Elon Musk buys Twitter, changes name to X
