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Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the face book directories often given…

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Founded
February 4, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-02-04) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Founders
Mark Zuckerberg · Dustin Moskovitz · Chris Hughes · Andrew McCollum · Eduardo Saverin
Owner
Meta Platforms
Area served
Worldwide, except blocking countries
Available in
112 languages
CEO
Mark Zuckerberg

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Facebook

Nodes371
Edges370
Triples364
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005391
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related to Instant messaging · 26
Facebook → App Lock, August, Chat Heads, Complementing, Face ID, Facebook Chat, Facebook Messenger, In, In April, In July, Instagram, Instant Games, It, Its Android, Mentions, Messenger, Messenger Day, Messenger Rooms, On October, Reactions
related to Politics · 22
Facebook → After, Arab Spring, Colombia, Colombians, During, Egypt, Egyptian, FARC, In August, In February, In Tunisia, January, Khaled Said, North Korea's, On January, One Million Voices Against, President Hosni Mubarak, Revolutionary Armed Forces, Twitter, Uriminzokkiri
related to News Feed · 19
Facebook → Aaron Sittig, Another, Design Strategy Lead, Each, EdgeRank, February, Initially, Leap-Day, News Feed, News Feeds, On February, Privacy, Scott Marlette, The, The Photos, This, Users, Wall, Zuckerberg
related to Company governance · 17
Facebook → American, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes, Colorado Boulder, Competition Margrethe Vestager, Early Facebook, EU Commissioner, Facebook's, He, Hughes, Mark's, Nathan Schneider, Roger McNamee, Several, The New York Times, University, Zuckerberg
related to Like button · 17
Facebook → Angry, April, Care, COVID-19, February, Haha, In, In February, June, Like, Love, News Feeds, Once, Reactions, Sad, The, Wow
related to Internet.org · 16
Facebook → AccuWeather, BabyCenter, BBC News, Bing, ESPN, Free Basics, In, In August, India, Internet, Reliance Communications, Telecom Regulatory Authority, The, There, TRAI, Zuckerberg
related to Culture · 15
Facebook → Aaron Sorkin, Academy Awards, Collins English Dictionary, David Fincher, Golden Globes, In, In December, Jesse Eisenberg, New Oxford American Dictionary, The, The Social Network, To, Word, Year, Zuckerberg
related to Technical aspects · 14
Facebook → As Facebook, Facebook's, HHVM, HipHop Virtual Machine, HTTP, HTTPS, In, January, November, One, PHP, The, This, Zuckerberg
related to Demographics · 13
Facebook → April, Asia-Pacific, Brazil, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Over, Philippines, Region-wise, The, United States, US-Canada
related to Litigation · 13
Facebook → BlackBerry, Cameron Winklevoss, Divya Narendra, HarvardConnection, In October, Instagram, Its, On March, Texan, The, Tyler Winklevoss, WhatsApp, Zuckerberg

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FacebookArea servedWorldwide, except blocking countries1.00infobox
FacebookAvailable in112 languages1.00infobox
FacebookCEOMark Zuckerberg1.00infobox
FacebookFoundedFebruary 4, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-02-04) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US1.00infobox
FacebookFoundersMark Zuckerberg1.00infobox
FacebookFoundersDustin Moskovitz1.00infobox
FacebookFoundersChris Hughes1.00infobox
FacebookFoundersAndrew McCollum1.00infobox
FacebookFoundersEduardo Saverin1.00infobox
FacebookLaunchedFebruary 4, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-02-04)1.00infobox
FacebookOwnerMeta Platforms1.00infobox
FacebookRegistrationRequired (to do any activity)1.00infobox
FacebookType of siteSocial networking service1.00infobox
FacebookURLfacebook.com1.00infobox
FacebookUsers3.07 billion monthly active users (as of 6 March 2026[update])1.00infobox
FacebookWritten inC++, Hack (as HHVM) and PHP1.00infobox
Facebookis aAmerican social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms0.90text

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