The first time Le Figaro talked about Facebook was on August 25, 2006. The social network is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
In 2007, the newspaper warned that Facebook is the website that sells your private life. Political figures have clearly understood the interest of Facebook, judges the newspaper on October 26, 2007. in 2007: Facebook is a titan of social networks, but not of the Internet, says the French newspaper. In 2010, Facebook had 49 million active users. In 2011, that figure had risen to 80 million users.