As part of a settlement, Facebook agrees to allow independent auditors to review its privacy practices for two years. November 2011: Facebook agrees to settle federal charges that it violated users' privacy by getting people to share more information than they agreed to when they signed up to the site. It's meant to show highlights from a person's entire life rather than recent posts. September 2011: Facebook introduces Timeline, a new version of the profile page. They had settled with Facebook for $65 million in 2008, but later sought more money. The Winklevoss twins end their legal battle over the idea behind Facebook. June 2011: Google launches rival social network called Plus. It receives eight Academy Awards nominations and wins three.
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October 2010: "The Social Network," a movie about Zuckerberg and the legal battles over Facebook's founding, is released. March 2008: Facebook hires Sheryl Sandberg as chief operating officer, snatching the savvy, high-profile executive from Google Inc.Īugust 2010: Facebook launches location feature, allowing people to share where they are with their friends. Yet another privacy backlash leads Facebook to give people more control over Beacon, before the company ultimately scraps it as part of a legal settlement. November 2007: Facebook unveils its Beacon program, a feature that broadcasts people's activities on dozens of outside sites. October 2007: Facebook agrees to sell a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft for $240 million and forges an advertising partnership. The system gives rise to a Facebook economy and allows companies such as game maker Zynga Inc. May 2007: Facebook launches Platform, a system for letting outside programmers develop tools for sharing photos, taking quizzes and playing games. Although it leads to complaints about privacy, News Feed would become one of Facebook's most popular features. It also introduces News Feed, which collects friends' Wall posts in one place. September 2006: Facebook begins letting anyone over 13 join. May 2006: Facebook introduces additional networks, allowing people with corporate email addresses to join. September 2005: Facebook expands to include high schools.
Facebook becomes the target of a lawsuit claiming that Zuckerberg stole the idea for the social network from a company co-founded by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and a third person at Harvard. September 2004: Facebook introduces the Wall, which allows people to write personal musings and other tidbits on profile pages. June 2004: Facebook moves its headquarters to Palo Alto, California. March 2004: Facebook begins allowing people from other colleges and universities to join. February 2004: Mark Zuckerberg starts Facebook as a sophomore at Harvard University.
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