Facebook is a social networking platform created by Mark Zuckerberg and launched in 2004. It allows people to:
- Create personal profiles
- Add friends and follow pages
- Share photos, videos, text posts, and live streams
- Join groups and communities
- Use messaging through Messenger
- Buy and sell items through Marketplace
- Watch videos, reels, and live content
Facebook is owned by Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
It became one of the largest social media platforms in the world and helped popularize the modern “social feed” format used by many platforms today.