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Today Priscilla and I are announcing a $75 million contribution to support the San Francisco General Hospital. We believe everyone deserves access to high quality health care. The General is the...

Today is a day to celebrate friends. It's also Facebook's birthday, but today isn't about celebrating us. It's about friendship. This sounds simple, but not often enough are we taught to celebrate...

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My next book for A Year of Books is Gang Leader For A Day by Sudhir Venkatesh. I'm still working my way through The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, which is an amazing book...

Today I got a chance to visit the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and spend some time learning about the research and work they are doing to save and improve lives around the world. The foundation's...

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A new economic report found that Facebook created more than 4.5 million jobs and more than $225 billion of economic activity in 2014. The study was released by researchers at Deloitte looking at...

My second book of the year is The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. It's a timely book about how and why violence has steadily decreased throughout our history, and how we can continue...

Here's a video from our first international Townhall Q&A in Bogota, Colombia, about launching Amber Alerts to help find missing children in more countries around the world. People from Colombia and...

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We're launching Amber Alerts to use the power of our community to help find missing children. Over the past few years, we've seen people using Facebook on their own to help find kids who have been...

You can't kill an idea. It's inspiring to see the videos of more than two million people of all religions, ages, ethnicities and backgrounds come together to march in unity. As long as we are...

A few years ago, an extremist in Pakistan fought to have me sentenced to death because Facebook refused to ban content about Mohammed that offended him. We stood up for this because different voices...

I’m hosting our third Townhall Q&A next Wednesday, January 14 from Bogota, Colombia. I’ll be in Colombia for Internet.org, and I’m looking forward to doing our first ever international Q&A. These...

My challenge for 2015 is to read a new book every other week -- with an emphasis on learning about different cultures, beliefs, histories and technologies. Thank you to all 50,000 of you in our...

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This year we've celebrated many great milestones. From Facebook turning 10 years old to me turning 30, from WhatsApp and Oculus joining us to doing more with Internet.org and philanthropy than ever...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone in our community! The holidays are a time to reflect on the year. I'm thankful that you've made this such a great year for connecting the world....

As the debate continues about Ferguson and the tragic death of Eric Garner, I’m often asked what role social media plays in strengthening communities. I believe we do two things: give everyone a...