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| 2006 || September 26 || Userbase || Facebook is open to everyone aged 13 and over, and with a valid [[w:email address|email address]].<ref name="welcome">{{cite news | first=Carolyn | last=Abram | url=http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=2210227130|accessdate=2008-03-08|publisher=Facebook | title=Welcome to Facebook, everyone | date=2006-09-26}}</ref>
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|2007 || January 10 || Product || Facebook launches m.facebook.com and officially announces mobile support.<ref name="TechCrunchMobile">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2007/01/10/facebook-goes-mobile/ |title=Facebook Goes Mobile |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date= |author= |accessdate= January 9, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2007 || May 24 || Product ||Facebook announces [[w:Facebook Platform|Facebook Platform]] for developers to build applications on top of Facebook's social graph.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2007/05/24/facebook-launches-facebook-platform-they-are-the-anti-myspace/|title = Facebook Launches Facebook Platform; They are the Anti-MySpace|last = Arrington|first = Michael|date = May 24, 2007|accessdate = January 23, 2014|publisher = ''[[w:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2007/05/20/facebook-f8/|publisher = ''[[w:Mashable|Mashable]]''|title = Major Facebook Announcement Thursday: Facebook Platform|date = May 20, 2007|accessdate = January 23, 2014|last = Cashmore|first = Pete}}</ref>
| 2018 || {{dts|January 11}} || Acquisition || Facebook acquires personalized image search engine Dreambit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dreambit|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dreambit#section-overview|website=crunchbase.com|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts|January 25}} || Controversy || Facebook admits to the {{w|United States Senate}} that its software, in some cases, recommended content produced by Russian propaganda operatives around the time of the {{w|2016 United States presidential election}}; stating however that it has found insignificant overlap between Russian-produced content and pages created by the Trump's election campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook admits to the Senate that it recommended Russian propaganda to some users|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/25/facebook-tells-senate-its-software-recommended-russian-propaganda.html|website=cnbc.com|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook Says It Found an 'Insignificant' Overlap Between Russia Ads and President Trump's Campaign|url=http://fortune.com/2018/01/25/facebook-trump-russia-ads-overlap/|website=fortune.com|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook: Russian trolls created 129 event posts during 2016 election|url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/26/facebook-russian-trolls-created-129-event-posts-during-2016-ele/|website=engadget.com|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{dts|December 19}} || Product || In an affort to prevent people from impersonating others, Facebook expands its use of facial recognition technology by introducing new tool that would alert people that a friend, or a friend of a friend, uploaded a photo of them, even if they haven’t been tagged in the picture.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook Just Pushed Its Facial Recognition Into a Creepy New Future|url=https://www.sciencealert.com/facebook-just-pushed-its-facial-recognition-into-a-bold-new-future-tagged-privacy|website=sciencealert.com|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook will use facial recognition to tell you when people upload your picture|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/12/19/16793538/facebook-facial-recognition-pictures-update-identity|website=recode.net|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Facebook's new facial recognition efforts help blind users know exactly who's in photos|url=https://mashable.com/2017/12/19/facebook-facial-recognition-blind-users-photos/#pJ2WXfauWqqJ|website=mashable.com|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FACEBOOK CAN NOW FIND YOUR FACE, EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT TAGGED|url=https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-will-find-your-face-even-when-its-not-tagged/|website=wired.com|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || April 26 || Legal || Facebook CTO {{w|Mike Schroepfer}} is grilled for five hours by the UK Parliament; he is a stand-in for CEO Mark Zuckerberg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/26/what-we-learned-from-facebooks-latest-data-misuse-grilling/|title=What we learned from Facebook’s latest data misuse grilling|last=Lomas|first=Natasha|publisher=''TechCrunch''|date = April 26, 2018|accessdate = April 28, 2018}}</ref> Among other things, in the testimony he gives estimates of Facebook's numbers of "dark ads" on Facebook, in connection with consumer advocate Martin Lewis whose name was used by malicious advertisers on advertisements for spam and misleading products.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/28/facebooks-dark-ads-problem-is-systemic/|title = Facebook’s dark ads problem is systemic|date = April 28, 2018|accessdate = April 28, 2018|publisher = ''TechCrunch''|last=Lomas|first=Natasha}}</ref>
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| 2018 || August 1 || Product || Facebook introduces a new dashboard to tell users how long they’ve spent inside the app, along with tools for setting daily limits and temporarily muting users' push notifications. The feature, called “Your time on Facebook”, is equivalent to “Your activity” on Instagram, introduced at the same time, and is designed to address concerns that addictive feedback loops built into social apps have been detrimental to users’ well-being.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook and Instagram add dashboards to help you manage your time on social apps |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/1/17636944/facebook-instagram-dashboards-time-well-spent-reminders |website=theverge.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook, Instagram to introduce time-management tools |url=https://phys.org/news/2018-08-facebook-instagram-time-management-tools.html |website=phys.org |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook and Instagram to let users set time limits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/01/facebook-and-instagram-to-let-users-set-time-limits |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || September 5 || Staff || Facebook announces its first data center in Asia, planning an 11-story building in {{w|Singapore}} that will help its services run faster and more efficiently. The development is expected to cost around US$1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook announces $1 billion Singapore datacenter, its first in Asia |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/06/facebook-announces-1-billion-singapore-datacenter-its-first-in-asia/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook is opening its first data center in Asia |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/06/facebook-is-opening-its-first-data-center-in-asia/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook to build first Asian data centre in Singapore, investing S$1.4 billion Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/facebook-data-centre-singapore-jobs-asia-10688962 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/facebook-data-centre-singapore-jobs-asia-10688962 |website=channelnewsasia.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || October 25 || Legal || Facebook is fined US$644,000 by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office in the wake of the {{w|Cambridge Analytica}} scandal, after allowing third party developers to access user information without sufficient consent.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK watchdog fines Facebook $644,000 for failing to protect its users' data |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/25/uk-watchdog-fines-facebook-644000-for-failing-to-protect-user-data.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UK fines Facebook £500,000 for failing to protect user data |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/25/facebook-fined-uk-privacy-access-user-data-cambridge-analytica |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November 14 || Controversy || The {{w|New York Times}} publishes article reporting that Facebook’s lobbying operation in {{w|Washington, DC }} had attempted to distract from growing pressure over Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election by hiring a political consultancy to target opponents. Facebook denies several of the claims.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook accused of dark PR tactics |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46221247 |website=bbc.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook accused of dark PR tactics |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46221247 |website=bbc.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html?action=click&module=inline&pgtype=Homepage |website=nytimes.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November 15 || Poduct || Facebook files a patent that would make it easier to target whole families with ads by analyzing the photos they post. The application covers an algorithm that would identify elements of photographs — like faces or other details— and cross-reference them with other data to build a profile of an entire household.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook Filed A Patent To Predict Your Household's Demographics Based On Family Photos |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/facebook-household-prediction-patent |website=buzzfeednews.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Facebook patent would use your family photos to target ads |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/15/18096724/facebook-photo-family-demographics-data-mining-patent-application |website=theverge.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || December 11 || Technology || Facebook files a patent application entitled "Offline Trajectories" for a technology that can predict where the user is going, based at least in part on previously logged location data. The methods described in three patent applications use the user' historical location data — and others’ — to figure out where the user will go next.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook patents tech that can guess where you're going next |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/facebook-patent-location-tech/ |website=engadget.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook's New Technology Will Predict Your Next Location |url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/12/facebook-future-location-tech-info |website=hypebeast.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook Filed A Patent To Calculate Your Future Location |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/facebook-location-data-prediction-patent |website=buzzfeednews.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || December 12 || Legal || Facebook and video game company {{w|ZeniMax Media}} settle a lawsuit claiming that Facebook stole ZeniMax company secrets and technology for Facebook's Oculus virtual reality products. At the trial’s conclusion, the judge awards ZeniMax $500 million in damages to be paid by the defendants, including Facebook and some of the Oculus VR co-founders.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook settles Oculus VR lawsuit with ZeniMax |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/12/facebook-settles-oculusvr-lawsuit-with-zenimax/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook settles virtual reality lawsuit with ZeniMax over alleged theft of company secrets |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/12/facebook-settles-virtual-reality-lawsuit-with-zenimax.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>
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