Facebook By jessbowman Feb 15, 2004 First mission statement "give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected." Period: Feb 15, 2004 to Feb 15, 2017 History of Facebook Feb 15, 2008 100 million users on Facebook Feb 15, 2010 400 million users on Facebook Feb 15, 2012 Initial Public Offering (I.P.O.) of Facebook + 1 billion active users Feb 15, 2014 1.4 billion users on Facebook Feb 15, 2015 Beginning of Fake News circulation on Facebook Feb 15, 2016 Presidential Election ends in Trump victory Feb 15, 2017 New mission statement "give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together." + 2 billion active users on Facebook