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TheFacebook is a social network website similar to Friendster, but specifically targeted at college students. It was founded in 2003 by Mark Zuckerberg, then a sophomore at Harvard College.

Initially, the website only allowed Harvard University students to register. The website spread very quickly across the Harvard campus. Within a few weeks over half the undergraduate population had registered.

The website was then expanded, first to allow the registration of students from other Ivy League colleges. It became something of a network phenomenon, spreading very quickly, despite some opposition, including alleged Google bombing, at Columbia University from CUCommunity.com [1] [2].

The website has since expanded to many universities across the United States and is, as of 2004, in terms of sheer numbers of registrants, the leading social network website aimed at college students.

In 2004, the owners of the website ConnectU.com filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg, alleging that Zuckerberg had stolen source code intended for ConnectU.com [3] [4].

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