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- | '''Facebook''' ([[brand]]ed as "'''facebook'''") is a [[social network service|social networking]] [[website]] launched on [[February 4]], [[2004]]. The free-access website is [[privately held company|privately]] owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profile to notify friends about themselves. The website's name refers to the paper facebooks depicting members of a [[campus]] community that some [[United States|American]] [[college]]s and [[preparatory school]]s give to incoming students, faculty, and staff as a way to get to know other people on campus. | + | '''Facebook''' ([[brand]]ed as "'''facebook'''") is a [[social network service|social networking]] [[website]] launched on [[February 4]], [[2004]]. ''[[The Social Network]]'', a drama film directed by [[David Fincher]] about the founding of Facebook, was released October 1, 2010. |
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Facebook (branded as "facebook") is a social networking website launched on February 4, 2004. The Social Network, a drama film directed by David Fincher about the founding of Facebook, was released October 1, 2010.
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