Facebook has over 400 million users a month. Many people log on numerous times a day, checking up with friends and family, buying items in the marketplace, playing games, watching videos, and more. Every time a person logs on to Facebook they are leaving a digital breadcrumb trail of their interests, activities, and identification. People who oppose Facebook say that the tech giant is harvesting user information and selling personal data to its advertisers. The company has spent the last 15 years growing their empire and acquiring even more tech companies.
This graphic shows just how many new businesses they have purchased, how much money they have spent on each merger, and the date it was acquired. You may not realize some of your favorite apps are also owned by Facebook. Instagram and WhatsApp being two of the largest and most popular. This graphic also shows the original first URL back in 2005 was purchased for $200,000 and was www.thefacebook.com. Five short years later Facebook purchased the domain name fb.com for $8.5 million.
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