Social mediaVirtual online communitiesVarious social media platformsSocial media are new media technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.
Mark ZuckerbergMark Elliot Zuckerberg (; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman and programmer who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms. He is its chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard College, and launched Facebook there in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
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InstagramSocial media platform owned by MetaInstagram is an American photo and short-formvideo sharingsocial networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
Social networking serviceOnline platform used to build relationsIllustrations showing various icons of some popular social networking servicesA social networking service or social networking site, abbreviated as SNS, is a type of online social media platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.
Meta PlatformsAmerican multinational technology conglomerateMeta Platforms, Inc. (doing business asMeta), headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is an American multinationaltechnology company and is one of the Big Tech companies. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads.
European CommissionExecutive branch of the European UnionOverviewEstablished16 January 1958; 68 years ago (1958-01-16)Country27 member states Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain SwedenPolityEuropean UnionLeaderPresident of the Commission (Ursula von der Leyen since 1 December 2019)Appointed byNominated by the European Council and elected by the European ParliamentMain organCollege of CommissionersMinistries33Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentBudgetClimate ActionCommunicationCommunications Networks, Content and TechnologyCompetitionEconomic and Financial AffairsEducation and CultureEmployment, Social Affairs and InclusionEnergyEnvironmentEuropean Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsEurostatFinancial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets UnionHealth and Food SafetyHuman Resources and SecurityInformaticsInternal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsInternational Cooperation and DevelopmentInterpretationJoint Research CentreJustice and ConsumersMaritime Affairs and FisheriesMigration and Home AffairsMobility and TransportNeighbourhood and Enlargement NegotiationsRegional and Urban PolicyResearch and InnovationTaxation and Customs UnionTradeTranslationResponsible toEuropean ParliamentHeadquartersBrussels, BelgiumLuxembourg City, LuxembourgWebsitecommission.europa.euThe Berlaymont building in Brussels, seat of the European CommissionThe European Commission (EC) is the executivecabinet of the European Union.
X (social network)X, formerly known as Twitter, is an American microblogging and social networking service owned by SpaceX's artificial intelligence subsidiary SpaceXAI. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts (commonly and unofficially known as "tweets", in reference to the site's former terminology for the format) and like other users' content.
ChatGPTChatGPT is a generative AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. Originally released on November 30, 2022, the product uses large language models—specifically generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs)—to generate text, speech, and images in response to user prompts. ChatGPT accelerated the AI boom, an ongoing period marked by rapid investment and public attention toward the field of artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI operates the service on a freemium model.
European UnionThe European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated population of just under 452 million as of 2026, its member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €18.802 trillion in 2025, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output.
MicrobloggingMicroblogging is a form of blogging using short posts without titles known as microposts or status updates. Microblogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links", which may be the major reason for their popularity. Some popular social networks such as X (formerly Twitter), Threads, Tumblr, Mastodon, and Bluesky can be viewed as collections of microblogs.
Privacy policyA privacy policy is a statement or legal document (in privacy law) that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer or client's data, while a privacy notice tells clients or data subjects what data is held by an organisation and how that data will be handled.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.