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The Facebook Files

The November/December issue of 02138 includes a profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Called “Poking Facebook,” the article examines the origins of the hugely popular social networking website, and reports on a lawsuit filed against Zuckerberg by the founders of a competing website, ConnectU.com, who charge that Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from them.

“Poking Facebook” is based largely on court documents filed in that lawsuit, some of which are posted here. They include Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard application; Zuckerberg’s online journal written while he was creating the website, Facemash.com; court documents which allegedly show that Zuckerberg had performed significant work on Facebook in late December 2003; an e-mail from Zuckerberg to Harvard’s Administrative Board, the university discipline committee, in which he responds to a complaint from the founders of ConnectU and alleges that he did not perform significant work until the second half of January 2004; court testimony from Zuckerberg in which he presents his history of Facebook; Facebook’s “Statement of Cash Flows” from the year 2005; court testimony from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, two of the founders of ConnectU; and a summary of alleged damages to a house sublet to Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.

Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard Application (PDF)

Mark Zuckerberg's email to Harvard’s Administrative Board (PDF)

Mark Zuckerberg's testimony #1 (PDF)

Mark Zuckerberg's testimony #2 (PDF)

Facebook Statement of cash flows 2005 (PDF)

Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss's testimony (PDF)

Mark Zuckerberg's online diary (PDF)

Statement of damage done to La Jennifer sublet (PDF)