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Triumph of Facebook
In 2014, Facebook purchased Whatsapp, similar to their messaging system, but more widely popular internationally. The endorsement Facebook gave to Whatsapp greatly increased it's use, and vice-versa, with people who generally used Whatsapp creating Facebook accounts. -
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History of Social Media
This will describe the rise of the internet, web, and social media since 2014. -
Wikileaks Outdoes Itself
In 2015, Wikileaks claims to have shared over 10 million classified documents from countries all around the world in the past ten years. As a result of this, the founder, Julian Assange, became a wanted man in multiple countries. But it influenced many citizens from a myriad of countries to find out what their government was up to and take it to social media platforms -
The Crackdown
Fake News - Following the election of Donald Trump in the US, many claims came forward about corruption and the use of social media. Websites like Twitter and Facebook began to hunt down fake news and other false media in an effort to ensure fair and truthful news.