Introduction to Facebook & Its Features

Facebook is one of the largest social media platforms out there. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. He founded Facebook while he was pursuing his graduation. It’s a convenient way to connect with your close friends and relatives, especially if you are living alone or far from home. You can form various groups based on your interest. You interest could be a hobby, community and many more. You can get in touch with batch mates and colleagues from your college & school.

Facebook aims at providing an inclusive experience when it comes to connecting people. You can write posts, update your current location, and post pictures of the recent expedition. Bring your friends and relatives close by sending them friend requests and they can also add you to their friend's list. They can get updates about your daily activities and endeavors. You can express your emotional reactions such as like, dislike, surprising as you feel or intend to. You can update your entire personal data, including your likes, dislikes, and interests in various sections. These sections are movies, songs, places, sports and many more. You can like various pages based on your interest. Once you like these pages you will get updates every time the page owners create a new post. You will get these updates in the Facebook news feed. These feeds will be displayed just like any updates from your friends and relatives.

User data and its privacy

Facebook has a great data collection that comes from its huge customer base which is 22% percent of the total world population. Recently Facebook has been in the limelight for the wrong reasons. Company’s CEO has been questioned over its usage of private data of the citizens of the European Union and European Economic Areas under GDPR act. It was found that private and personal information being leaked from Facebook databases and are being used by a third-party organization.