Facebook

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Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004.
As of January 2011, Facebook has more than 600 million active users.
Users can create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile.
Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics.

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerburg "I'm trying to make the world a more open place by helping people connect and share."
Facebook was a key spark in the spread and organization of the recent revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya. Back home President Obama praised Facebook as an example of American innovation in his January State of the Union Address.

Forbes Lists:
*52 Forbes Billionaires
*19 in United States
*35 in Forbes 400
*40 Powerful People
As of May 2011 Zuckerburgs Networth is $13.5 Bn

Facebook has affected the social life and activity of people in various ways. It can reunite lost family members and friends.
Facebook's role in the American political process was demonstrated in January 2008, when Facebook teamed up with ABC to allow users to give live feedback about the "back to back" January 5 Republican and Democratic debates.

The Social Network is a 2010 drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook, and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by David Flincher and features a cast including Jesse Eisenburg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake.