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Facebook is a social networking service originally launched as Facemash in 2003. It became TheFacebook on February 4, 2004, before changing its name to simply Facebook in August 2005.[1] Facebook was rebranded to Meta on October 28, 2021 during the Connect 2021.[2]

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes.[3] A brief history of what has become of Zuckerberg's roommates can be found here.

TheFacebook's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League,[4] and gradually most universities in the United States and Canada,[5][6] corporations,[7] and by September 2006 - since 2005 under the name Facebook - to everyone with a valid email address along with an age requirement of being 13 or older.[8][9]

  1. ^ Phillips, Sarah (July 25, 2007). "A brief history of Facebook". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Carlson, Nicholas (March 5, 2010). "At Last — The Full Story Of How Facebook Was Founded". Business Insider. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  4. ^ "Company Timeline" (Press release). Facebook. January 1, 2007. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  5. ^ Rosmarin, Rachel (September 11, 2006). "Open Facebook". Forbes. New York. Retrieved June 13, 2008.
  6. ^ Nguyen, Lananh (April 12, 2004). "Online network created by Harvard students flourishes". The Tufts Daily. Medford, MA. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  7. ^ Lacy, Sarah (September 12, 2006). "Facebook: Opening the Doors Wider". BusinessWeek. New York. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2008.
  8. ^ Abram, Carolyn (September 26, 2006). "Welcome to Fb, everyone". The Facebook Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  9. ^ "Terms of Use". Facebook. November 15, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2008.

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