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Mark Zuckerberg is TIME's Person of the Year

1 TIME magazine chose 26-year old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as its

erson of the !ear for 2"1"# $ince 1%2"& TIME has chosen a 'erson& or a grou'

of 'eo'le& (ho ha)e changed the (orld for the better& or sometimes for

(orse#

2 Mark Zuckerberg (on the a(ard because he has created a ne( style of

communication and a ne( (ay of e*changing information# In 2"1" a +lm

called , The $ocial et(ork , 'ortrayed Zuckerberg.s life at /ar)ard and

(hat ha''ened later on# 0fter (inning the 'rize& Zuckerberg stated that he is

ha''y that Facebook has succeeded in being something that millions (ant to

use and that ob)iously it (ouldnt be 'ossible (ithout the Internet#

E)erything began in February 2""3& (hen Zuckerberg (as still a student at

/ar)ard# There he started an online 'latform that connected college

students# Then the site e*'anded to other uni)ersities# The ne*t ste' (as to

allo( all high school students to 4oin Facebook# Finally& Facebook o'ened u' toanyone o)er the age of 1# This enabled other ty'es of social connections#

Moms grou's& acti)ist grou's& 'olitical grou's& marketing grou's and fan

grou's (ere able to 4oin together on Facebook#

3 5y 2""6& 1 million 'eo'le used the social net(ork today Facebook is used by

1#"6 billion 'eo'le around the (ord# 0lthough 718 of all 0mericans ha)e a

Facebook account& three out of four users come from outside the 9$# $ince

2""3 Mark Zuckerberg has earned about 17 billion dollars& making him the

youngest billionaire and one of the richest 'eo'le in the 9nited $tate#

7 0ccording to Zuckerberg& Facebook gi)es 'eo'le the feeling of not being

alone& of ha)ing friends& e)en if you ha)en.t met themin 'erson# eo'le (ant

to +nd others (ho ha)e the same interests and hobbies# 0'art from chatting

(ith others& there are many di:erent things you can do on Facebook# Millions

of 'eo'le share their holiday 'hotos# !ou can 'lay games& bro(se the fan

'ages of your fa)ourite celebrities or e)en go sho''ing (ith your Facebook

account# 0 tracking tool e)en tells your friends your e*act location #

6 Facebook.s head;uarters are in the middle of $ilicon ces in many other cities in the 9#$#0 andInternational o>ces in ?ublin /amburg @ondon Madrid Milan aris$elangor $tockholm $ydney Tokyo and Toronto. A)er 2""" em'loyees (orkfor Facebook#


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B /o(e)er& Zuckerberg also faces a lot of criticism# ot e)eryone thinks

Facebook (ill change the (ay (e li)e in a 'ositi)e manner# osting your

'ri)ate life on the Internet makes itaccessible to e)eryone& but on the other

hand& you don.t ha)e to do it if you don.t (ant to#

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