Facebook, the world's largest social media network, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates at Harvard University, celebrates Meta’s 20th anniversary. Amid the milestone, there is intense scrutiny and calls for regulation. Politicians, including David Lammy, are advocating for government intervention in children's access to social media, citing the need for rules similar to those for tobacco and alcohol. Zuckerberg, who limits his own children's social media use, has faced bipartisan criticism in the U.S. Congress, with demands for apologies to families whose children were exploited online. Despite the controversies, Facebook boasts 3 billion monthly active users and continues to influence the digital landscape.
Facebook’s path to riches has hurt many, and so might its road to building powerful AI, writes @parmy https://t.co/ULDZQLC2xW via @opinion
Facebook’s path to riches has hurt many, and so might its road to building powerful AI, writes @parmy https://t.co/R1Ba0236p5
Opinion | Congress should press the brakes on the revolution that has given Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans an outsized role in raising our kids and require that users of social media be age 18 or older. https://t.co/xy7fQVlkXf
Twenty years on from Facebook’s founding, we are all living in the weird world of Zuck, writes Andrew Orlowski https://t.co/6NR0HHJVge
Facebook turns 20: Here's what else was happening in 2004. https://t.co/mhsqcSFnGp Click the image to read more:
Since Facebook launched 20 yrs ago it has "matured" into a data-guzzling surveillance juggernaut wreaking havoc because of its unchecked power. This is why @Meta and Mark Zuckerberg must not be allowed to shape the next era of humanity. https://t.co/6b87EyAV8y
Unpacking the Facebook Tragedy as it Turns 20 - TIME https://t.co/JuQQA6SfHX
Mark Zuckerberg was 19 years old when Facebook launched in 2004, at the time it was only available to students at Harvard. https://t.co/YIPo40dNwj
Even if social media companies could reduce sextortion, CSAM, deepfake porn, bullying, self-harm content, drug deals, and social-media induced suicide by 80%, I think the main take away from those Senate hearings is: Social media is just not appropriate for children. Congress…
Facebook turns 20: How the social media giant grew to 3 billion users | Social Media News | Al Jazeera https://t.co/xaBbnIm1HD via @AJEnglish
Facebook is 20 years old. What's on your mind? Fuck #Facebook! #EmotionalScrollacoaster. A letter to Mr Big F. https://t.co/k2XDrlcNEl #NewMediaArt https://t.co/3P36jqbUaY
Commentary: U.S. lawmakers may have gotten Zuckerberg to apologize to the families of abused children, but real action is needed. https://t.co/lseAspsdV7
"Best Is Yet To Come": Mark Zuckerberg Celebrates Facebook's 20th Anniversary. See Post https://t.co/EUcbgIRomi https://t.co/CvAp49LlSl
Facebook was created in 2004. 20 years later it faces legal troubles. https://t.co/rcm0zYaIku
Twenty years ago, Mark Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook. It changed the internet forever — for better or worse. https://t.co/XnZ7rZdKeV
Happy 20th Birthday, Facebook! Grateful to have been a tiny part of an epic adventure. https://t.co/aF3Klf6rkV
Meta's milestones: 20 years of Facebook's evolution https://t.co/whUcSp9XEg https://t.co/Bvb3hDvIBT
Facebook going from a college dorm room to a trillion dollar market cap in less than 20 years is one of the most impressive business accomplishments in human history. Just pause and think about it for a second. I don’t care what anyone says about Facebook or Instagram or Zuck… https://t.co/3IeFVdj9nr
Social media CEOs got grilled by lawmakers this week in an emotional and often heated hearing about the dangers their platforms pose to children. But even with such bipartisan unity, regulating companies takes time. What should parents do in the meantime? https://t.co/mSfi5B3lja
20 years on from Facebook’s founding, Mark Zuckerberg is more powerful than ever. He’s been blamed for Trump, disinformation and an epidemic of teen anxiety. But none of this has dented Meta’s bottom line, says Andrew Orlowski https://t.co/6NR0HHJVge
Column: Unpacking the Facebook tragedy as it turns 20 "This company’s genuine financial and business success is, at the same time, a tragedy of world-historical proportions," writes David Kirkpatrick https://t.co/Whuc4qZ4H6
Column: Unpacking the Facebook Tragedy as It Turns 20 "This company’s genuine financial and business success is, at the same time, a tragedy of world-historical proportions," writes David Kirkpatrick https://t.co/hgWIqloLe9
It’s Meta’s 20th Birthday 3.03 billion monthly active users are gonna see how they dominate AI this year https://t.co/UdhjpNvpI5
Facebook turns 20 years old on Sunday. But unrelenting scrutiny on Meta by politicians, regulators, advocates and journalists leaves little room for public celebration. https://t.co/36sxV9QfOR
Facebook at 20: From virtual community to censorship of reality — #AJOpinion by @MariaBelen_Fdez. 🔗: https://t.co/y7xQIrkbDv https://t.co/UyxsM5Fw17
Do you still spend time on Facebook? As the social network turns 20, we examine how the digital town square is changing: https://t.co/82Qv9DKJpK Illustration: Ricardo Rey https://t.co/Pdlr0F6BhU
THREAD 🧵 Today marks 20 years since Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates at Harvard University in 2004. We look at how the platform became the world's largest social media network ⤵️ https://t.co/Hsj7N8rjfw
20 years later, Facebook is a supporting character in the Mark Zuckerberg universe https://t.co/Ccaop7K8FH https://t.co/S3hhcu9P41
Republicans deserve credit for getting Meta’s CEO to apologize to families whose children were exploited online, @mattyglesias says, and now Democrats should push them to pass new laws https://t.co/DEl3yMujAJ
‘The man who essentially invented social media knows it is bad for us.’ @DavidLammy comments on Mark Zuckerberg’s limit on social media for his children. https://t.co/L2yBXt4Zc6
‘We did it with tobacco, we have rules with alcohol...why can’t we have rules on social media apps?’ @DavidLammy calls for further government intervention in children’s access to social media, as he questions how parents can be expected to control it alone. https://t.co/UVmH31cHXX
Happy 20th birthday Facebook 😁 https://t.co/39kr2GyzIF