History of the Internet, Web, and Social Media

By Zakymalohu

  • Death of Harambe

    After a child fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, a gorilla in the enclosure was put to death. Afterwards, the internet banded together as a group in solidarity of the fallen gorilla.

  • Launch of Pokémon Go

    After launching in the summer of 2016, Pokémon Go seemed to be the thing that world needed to come together in unity.

  • Launch of TikTok

    TikTok launched in 2017 after being bought by ByteDance, a Chinese based company.

  • #MeToo Movement

    The impact of this social media campaign shed light on the fact that sexual assault was very real and affected more people than we originally thought. It have both women and men a place to speak up and share their story, AND be heard.

  • Cambridge Analytica

    This scandal showed the flaws in various user privacy policies and shed light on who and what was accessing users information

  • Mark Zuckerberg Hearing

    Mark Zuckerberg was called to testify before court after it was revealed the 2016 Trump campaign had breeched Facebook and accessed 50 million users' data, arguable winning Donald Trump the 2016 Presidential Campaign.

  • TikTok Shutdown Scare

    After threats from the U.S Government to shut down TikTok in September of 2020, Walmart and Oracle decide to share a 20% stake in TikTok that allows it to remain running in the United States.

  • Trump Account Banned From TikTok

    After inciting a domestic terrorist attack on the US Capitol via Twitter, the platform bans the Twitter account of Donald Trump. Due to the ban, many Republican/Conservatives leave the platform declaring an infringement on the 1st Amendment.