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Section sizes
Section size for Facebook (64 sections)
Section name Byte
count
Section
total
(Top) 11,517 11,517
History 70 135,631
2003–2006: Thefacebook, Thiel investment, and name change 15,497 15,497
2006–2012: Public access, Microsoft alliance, and rapid growth 23,696 23,696
2012–2013: IPO, lawsuits, and one billion active users 9,019 9,019
2013–2014: Site developments, A4AI, and 10th anniversary 12,731 12,731
2015–2020: Algorithm revision; fake news 48,650 48,650
2020–present: FTC lawsuit, corporate re-branding, shut down of facial recognition technology, ease of policy 16,009 25,968
October 4, 2021, global service outage 7,742 7,742
Shutdown of facial recognition 2,217 2,217
Features 839 839
Website 263 59,123
Technical aspects 2,655 8,822
2012 architecture 3,200 3,200
Content delivery network (CDN) 2,287 2,287
Hack programming language 680 680
User profile/personal timeline 8,129 8,129
News Feed 15,800 15,800
Like button 5,212 5,212
Instant messaging 14,154 14,154
Privacy policy 5,549 5,549
Bug Bounty Program 1,194 1,194
Reception 17 11,494
Userbase 7,768 7,768
Demographics 989 989
Censorship 2,720 2,720
Criticisms and controversies 17,828 142,073
Privacy 7,490 41,918
Racial bias 666 666
Shadow profiles 2,178 2,178
Cambridge Analytica 10,749 10,749
DataSpii 4,002 4,002
Breaches 3,749 3,749
Phone data and activity 9,561 9,561
Public apologies 3,523 3,523
Content disputes and moderation 964 21,270
Misinformation and fake news 12,420 12,420
Threats and incitement 694 694
Terrorism 466 466
Hate speech 2,999 2,999
Violent Erotica 617 617
InfoWars 3,110 3,110
Political manipulation 2,186 48,432
Influence Operations and Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior 18,081 18,081
Russian interference 14,661 14,661
Anti-Rohingya propaganda 1,189 1,189
Anti-Muslim propaganda and Hindu nationalism in India 12,315 12,315
Company governance 3,560 3,560
Customer Support 744 744
Litigation 8,321 8,321
Impact 114 32,944
Scope 1,102 1,102
Economy 3,045 3,045
Society 1,340 1,340
Mental and emotional health 5,622 5,622
Politics 16,723 18,030
India 1,307 1,307
Culture 1,372 1,372
Internet.org 1,514 1,514
Environment 805 805
See also 479 479
References 44 44
Further reading 1,785 1,785
External links 1,952 1,952
Total 397,881 397,881


Urgent. Has a virus or a hacker got into the Facebook article?

I tried to edit the Wikipedia article with the title "Facebook" and there seemed to be a malfunction when I pressed the preview button. The normal preview type page was not shown. Instead, I saw a page with the title "Facebook" but the content was only criticism and/or controversy of Facebook. Nothing I did would bring up the correct preview page. I then tried clicking publish, and also got a malfunction.

Here's a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook Polar Apposite (talk) 19:49, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see, if you click the link, it takes you to a page about criticism of Facebook. Polar Apposite (talk) 19:50, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I guess it's a case of vandalism. Probably no need to talk of a virus or hacker. Polar Apposite (talk) 19:51, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to be back to normal now. I think someone fixed it just now. Polar Apposite (talk) 20:03, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2018 Athena ISP satellite project

No mention of 2018 Athena ISP satellite project, eg. Facebook is officially building an internet satellite: Athena. widely reported. - Rod57 (talk) 14:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Facebook status box.jpg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Facebook status box.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. InfiniteNexus (talk) 01:29, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Cybersecurity Policy

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 8 January 2024 and 30 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ekaman2020 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Abrown106.

— Assignment last updated by MrLavoie (talk) 00:46, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Major outage today?

I've not got reliable sources but the chatter and realtime experience is that Meta is down as of this datestamp. BusterD (talk) 16:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it’s been mentioned by Variety and USA Today. The Film Creator (talk) 16:15, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Let's see it's got any legs. Certainly have RS now. All about Super Tuesday outage. BusterD (talk) 16:18, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I’ve also started a discussion at the talk page on Instagram as well. The Film Creator (talk) 16:20, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There’s also an outage on Messenger (software) per The Independent. The Film Creator (talk) 16:27, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's obviously WP:OR, but despite all of the news stories I can log in without any problem to Facebook at the moment. This means that it is not an outage with the website down completely. This needs some time to ensure that it meets WP:10YT.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 16:36, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]