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The first electronic digital computer was finished in 1945 at the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania. This general-use computer was made for the war efforts.
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The first IBM personal computer was released for the public
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This privacy act was passed and, "prohibits interception of “any wire, oral, or electronic communication.”
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CERN introduced the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web linked many documents throughout the internet. This was developed by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau.
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This act passed protects Website hosts from defamatory claims that can harm their reputation.
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Known in the media industry as Pearl Harbor Day, Bill Gates created a team to build Internet Explorer
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This Act signed by Bill Clinton was the first telecommunications act to include the internet. This allowed businesses to compete with other businesses in the communication online world and in all markets.
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Reid Hoffman and 4 other co-founders officially launched this professional networking site.
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Myspace, a social networking site was first launched for public use. Myspace was based on another social media site, Friendster.
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This law required people to be notified if their information online has been tampered with or breached.
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Mark Zuckerberg along with 4 other Harvard students developed Facebook and launched it in 2004.
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YouTube, a video-sharing service, was created by three former PayPal employees.
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Google acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion
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Twitter, a social media and news source site, was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams.
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The first-generation IPhone was produced and released by Apple in 2007.
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Instagram is a video and picture sharing social media site. When it first launched, it was available only for devices with iOS.
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The development of Pinterest began at the end of 2009. Pinterest allows users to find information on the web using mostly pictures and videos.
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Snapchat was released in 2011 and is a video, picture, and messaging app where the content disappears after a certain period of time.
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Twitter purchased Vine before its initial launch in 2013. Vine is a video sharing social-media site.
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Facebook is valued at $104 billion and begins selling stock to the public.
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Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion and attempted to purchase Snapchat for $3 billion.
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Social media is typically blamed for the turn-out of the 2016 election where Donald Trump ran against Hillary Clinton. Many fake news stories and information was released on social media throughout the election.
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Tweets were expanded from 140 characters to 280 characters.
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In 2017, Snapchat announced and released a new design of the app that held differing views throughout the public.
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Equifax, a credit report agency, had millions of consumers information stolen through a breach with their web site. This showed to the public how easily information online had be breached or discovered.
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A US court of appeals rules that social media sites are private data, but they can be subject to discovery. This can be used if private posts contain information that is relevant in litigation.
