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title: "Facebook Founded"
year: 2004
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# Facebook Founded

> Facebook's launch from a Harvard dorm room reshaped social communication and became the blueprint for social media dominance.

## Summary

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 to American university students.

## Sources

- [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook) - Wikipedia

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