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Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc, with more than 500 millionactive users in July 2010.Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc, with more than 500 million active users in July 2010.The original concept for Facebook was borrowed from a product produced by Zuckerberg's prep school Phillips Exeter Academy, which for decades published and distributed a printed manual of all students and faculty, unofficially called the "face book". The website currently has more than 500 million active users worldwide.[7]Facebook settled a lawsuit regarding claims over source code and intellectual property.[14] The site has also been involved in controversy over the sale of fans and friends.[15]