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Re:Threads Software Limited gives Meta 30 days to stop using... by paulddraper on Monday October 30, 2023 @02:14PM (#38073396)
> Also, there were lots of face books at the time.

Trademark-wise, "Facebook" and "Book of Faces" are different things.

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Re:Threads Software Limited gives Meta 30 days to stop using... by riffic on Monday October 30, 2023 @02:25PM (#38073560)
the term predates the company

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/facebook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_book

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