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Silicon Alley Insider just published a rather lengthy investigation into the origins of Facebook. Specifically, it addresses the allegations that Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for his social network from ConnectU, which he had been hired to help code. The report has also uncovered a pair of unsettling anecdotes that paint a less than flattering picture of its founder, including hacking into ConnectU and accessing data on Harvard newspaper writers covering the two networks.
Though Facebook and Zuckerberg have refused to comment, the Insider believes that it has established a reasonably complete and accurate account of the events surrounding the launch of both Facebook and ConnectU. The site reviewed e-mails and chat logs, and spoke to people familiar with the parties involved. The investigation found that, while Zuckerberg did often act in an unethical manner, there is no evidence that he stole the idea for Facebook directly from the Winklevoss brothers and Divya Narendra, all of whom collectively founded ConnectU.
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