Facebook Hits 500 Million Users
July 21, 2010
As Facebook marked hitting the 500 million-user milestone Wednesday, it also highlighted its popularity on Capitol Hill, where more than 300 lawmakers now use the social networking site to communicate with constituents or have separate pages promoting their re-election bids.
Federal agencies also have embraced the site since Facebook inked an agreement with the U.S. government in 2009 allowing agencies to have official Facebook pages. Agencies have launched more than 400 Facebook pages, including the White House, according to a Facebook spokesman.
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