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The first BBS(Bulletin Board System) went up from Chicago. This system pionered social media
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During this period of time Aol and other IM services rose up as a major chat service online and people whre asked to subscribe and pay monthly for it. They are not directly social media
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The social media site SixDegrees.com was launched. It was the first example of modern social media as we see it today
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The social media site ,Facebook, was launched online. Facebook would later become one of the most popular and most used social networks.
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The social network Myspace was launched.
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The soical media site youtuube was launched. It was the first of its kind by allowing users to upload video as its main meduim of information.
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Twitter, the social media site, was launched
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The EFF(Electronic Frontier Foundation) published the Social Media Bill of Rights
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Members at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy began to draft the Social Media Bill of Rights
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INstagram was the first solelly real mobile social media site. It form of communication was through pictures it was the first of its kind to us photos.
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The Do not Track Me online bill is passed. This bill regulates collection of user data over the internet.
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Facebook reaches 1 billion active users.
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The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014 was set to prevent identity theft, protect the people and to notify if any of this does happen
