2026-10-03
100 Products That Changed the World · #12: Facebook
On August 26, 2026, Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims by US state attorneys general that it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict teenagers. One condition: users under 18 get the option of a feed that is not ranked by an algorithm. That is twenty years after Facebook launched News Feed. Facebook ranks 12th at 93.35, with scale 98 and business 97, but durability 92, the lowest in the top 13. This is the product history in order, and what the score is measuring.
