They can post text, photos and multimedia which is shared with any other users that have agreed to be their 'friend', or, with a different privacy setting, with any reader. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. The name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students.įacebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones.

Since 2006, anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though this may vary depending on local laws. Membership was expanded to Columbia, Stanford, and Yale before being expanded to the rest of the Ivy League, MIT, and higher education institutions in the Boston area, then various other universities, and lastly high school students. The founders of Facebook initially limited membership to Harvard students. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Facebook (stylized as facebook) is an American online social media and social networking service based in Menlo Park, California, and a flagship service of the namesake company Facebook, Inc.

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