The Evolution and Impact of Facebook (www.facebook.com) Facebook, accessed globally at www.facebook.com , is a social networking service owned by the technology conglomerate . Since its inception, it has grown from a campus-only directory to a critical global infrastructure for communication, commerce, and political organization. 1. Historical Origins and Rapid Growth
Launched by Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders at Harvard University as "thefacebook.com" to help students share photos and network. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM
By 2009, it surpassed MySpace as the most popular social network. By early 2020, it reached over 2.6 billion monthly active users . 2. Core Functionality and Features The Evolution and Impact of Facebook (www