Facebook Reaches 1 Billion Users

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•40 • Oct 4, 2012

The 8-year-old social networking site Facebook now has 1 billion active monthly users, with roughly one of every seven people in the world holding an account, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. What do you think?

“I’d be worried about having the personal information of so many people in one system if I didn’t completely trust Facebook’s latest privacy policy.”
Martin Goris –
Agricultural Engineer
“Things always get more popular once there’s a movie.”
Donald Hickox –
Military Recruiter
“Are you telling me 6 billion people don’t use Facebook? What am I doing on there? Am I some sort of freak?”
Ava Westcott –
Noodle-Press Operator

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