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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

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 WWW.FACEBOOK.COM

Initially limited to Ivy League and other U.S. colleges, the site rebranded to "Facebook" in 2005 and opened to the general public (anyone over age 13 with a valid email) by September 2006. The Evolution and Impact of Facebook (www