Facebook
is
a
social
networking
service
launched
as
FaceMash
in
July
2003
,
but
later
changing
to
TheFacebook
on
February
4
,
2004
.
It
was
____________________
by
Mark
Zuckerberg
with
his
college
____________________
.
The
website's
membership
was
initially
limited
by
the
founders
to
Harvard
____________________
,
but
was
expanded
to
other
colleges
in
the
Boston
area
and
gradually
most
____________________
in
the
United
States
and
Canada
,
corporations
,
and
by
September
2006
,
to
everyone
with
a
valid
email
____________________
along
with
an
age
requirement
of
being
13
and
older
.
FaceMash
,
Facebook's
predecessor
,
opened
in
2003
.
Developed
by
Mark
Zuckerberg
,
he
wrote
the
____________________
for
the
Facemash
website
when
he
was
in
his
second
year
of
college
.
The
website
was
set
up
as
a
type
of
"
hot
or
not
"
game
for
Harvard
students
.
The
website
allowed
visitors
to
compare
two
____________________
student
pictures
side
-
by
-
side
and
let
them
decide
who
was
hot
or
not
.
According
to
The
Harvard
Crimson
,
Facemash
used
"
photos
compiled
from
the
online
____________________
of
nine
Houses
,
placing
two
next
to
each
other
at
a
time
and
asking
users
to
choose
the
"
hotter
"
person
"
.
A
"
face
book
"
is
a
student
directory
featuring
photos
and
basic
information
.
In
2003
,
there
were
no
universal
online
facebooks
at
Harvard
,
with
only
paper
sheets
distributed
and
private
online
directories
.
Facemash
attracted
450
visitors
and
22
,
000
photo
-
views
in
its
first
four
hours
online
.
The
site
was
quickly
forwarded
to
several
campus
group
list
-
servers
,
but
was
shut
____________________
a
few
days
later
by
the
Harvard
administration
.
Zuckerberg
faced
expulsion
and
was
____________________
by
the
administration
with
breach
of
security
,
violating
copyrights
,
and
violating
individual
____________________
.
Ultimately
,
the
charges
were
dropped
.
Zuckerberg
expanded
on
this
initial
project
that
semester
by
creating
a
social
study
tool
ahead
of
an
art
____________________
final
exam
.
He
uploaded
all
art
images
to
a
website
,
each
of
which
was
featured
with
a
corresponding
comments
section
,
then
shared
the
site
with
his
____________________
,
and
people
started
sharing
notes
.
