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Facebook

Facebook

Facebook

2004

04

February

Facebook was founded.

2012

01

February

Facebook filed for an initial public offering (IPO).

2013

01

December

Standard & Poor's added Facebook, Inc. to its S&P 500 index.

2012

01

April

Facebook acquired Instagram for approximately US$1 billion in cash.

2013

01

October

Facebook acquired Onavo, an Israeli mobile web analytics company.

2014

01

February

Facebook bought mobile messaging company WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash;

2019

31

December

Facebook spent $16.7m on lobbying and had a team of 71 lobbyists.

2019

30

July

Facebook was under antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.

2019

01

November

Facebook acquired game developer Beat Games.

Facebook entered a $5.7 billion deal to purchase approximately 10 percent of Jio Platforms.