Facebook reaches historic milestone: 1 billion users

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has hit the biggest milestone in the company’s eight-year history: 1 billion users. Company founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg made it official with a post on his Facebook Timeline on Thursday morning: The social network

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