Facebook: from Harvard dorm to global phenomenon

As young users increasingly desert it for the likes of TikTok or Snapchat, the company admits to losing a million active daily users. But with 1.96 billion users, one-quarter of the globe’s population, it remains the biggest social media platform. — AP

WASHINGTON: Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world’s biggest social media application, which marks the tenth anniversary on May 18 of its stock market debut.

In the beginning