This Day in History:, Facebook Launches.
February 4, 2004.
Initially called "The Facebook,"
the site was launched
on this day by Harvard
sophomore Mark Zuckerberg.
"The Facebook" served as a social network for
Harvard students to connect with their classmates.
It was based on Zuckerberg's other
social media site, FaceMash,
in which male students voted on
the attractiveness of female students.
By the end of the first day,
more than 1500 Harvard students
signed up for "The Facebook.".
Today, Facebook has more
than 2.8 billion users worldwide.
The platform continues to
stir controversy over privacy
and data sharing concerns