Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard University. It started as a platform for college students but expanded to include high school students and those over 13. Key features of Facebook include the News Feed, Wall, Photos, Videos, Notes, Gifts, Status, and Events. However, there are also disadvantages such as information being used against people, cyberbullying, and ruined relationships. Facebook states it is not responsible for actions or content by third parties.

1. Facebook
Chamod Sandaru
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

2.  Facebook is a portal of social networking
 Social media allows their users to share their ideas,
memories, activities, events and their interests…
 Can be use as a instant messaging method.
 Operated and Owned by Facebook.Inc
What is Facebook?

3.  To Make The World, More Open and Connected
Mission

4. Founders
Mark Zuckerberg
Dustin Moskovitz
Chris Hughes

5.  Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook while at Harvard
University in 2004 with roommate Dustin Moskovitz
and fellow Computer Science major Chris Hughes.
 Initially created for college students.
 Then moved to include high school students.
 Now it can be use from over 13.
Founders cont…

6. Growth of Facebook

7.  News Feed : Highlights profile changes, birthdays and upcoming
events
 Wall – Space on profile page to post messages.
 Photos – Upload albums, tag friends and comment on photos
 Videos – Share videos, maximum length is twenty minutes and
maximum size is 1GB.
 Notes – blogging feature
 Gifts – send friends a small icon such as smiley face or little green
patch.
 Status – Users update what they are currently doing thinking or
planning.
 Events – A way to let people know about upcoming events.
Features of Facebook

8. With other social media…

9. Something Wrong?

10.  Information Using against a person.
 Sexual predators.
 Cyber bullying
 Students who under 18 provide too much information
about their life style.
 Insecurity
 Ruined Relationships
Disadvantages of Facebook

11.  “WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT FACEBOOK WILL BE
SAFE OR SECURE. FACEBOOK IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE ACTIONS OR CONTENT OF THIRD PARTIES,
AND YOU RELEASE US, OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS FROM ANY CLAIMS AND
DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT
OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM
YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES.”
Facebook Statement of Rights and
Responsibility

12. In Sri Lanka…

13.  Profile -Control who can see your profile and personal information
 Search - Control who can search for you, and how you can be contacted.
 News Feed and Wall - Control what Recent Activity is visible on your profile
and in your friends' home pages.
 Applications - Control what information is available to applications you use
on Facebook.
 Block People - If you block someone, they will not be able to find you in a
Facebook search, see your profile, or interact with you through Facebook
channels (such as Wall posts, Poke, etc.). Any Facebook ties you currently
have with a person you block will be broken (for example, friendship
connections, Relationship Status, etc.). Note that blocking someone may
not prevent all communications and interactions in third-party applications,
and does not extend to elsewhere on the Internet.
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15. Thank You!