By: Ljubica and Teodora

FacebookFacebook is a popular website, established in the fourth of February, year two thousand and four by its founder Mark Zuckeberg with his college rommates. Facebook had over

1.3 billion active users as of June 2014. Due to the large volume of data collected about users, the service's privacy policies have

faced scrutiny.

Characteristics

-Facebook allows anyone who claims to be over 13 years old to register.

-After registering users may create a personal profile in order to use the site.

-Users can send free messages to their facebook friends, post him/her photos, post status, etc…

On February 14, 2014, Facebook added a feature that allows users to choose up to 10 different gender definitions from more than 50 options.

More than 425 million active users access Facebook through mobile devices across 200 mobile operators in 60 countries.

Privacy• To allay concerns about privacy, Facebook

enables users to choose their own privacy settings and choose who can see specific parts of their profile. The website is free to users, and generates revenue from advertising, such as banner ads. Facebook requires a user's name and profile picture (if applicable) to be accessible by everyone. Users can control who sees other information they have shared, as well as who can find them in searches, through their privacy settings.