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Apologies, it was DARPA program, and the funding came from the CIA, to Peter Thiel, to Facebook. Got my alphabet soup a bit mixed up.
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/04/investigative-reports/the-military-origins-of-facebook/
I assumed this story was common knowledge?
Guess not.
Anyway yeah, when part of your job includes managing cybersecurity policies for a medium sized organization, its behooves oneself to do some research into the most well known data thieves in the world, the US Government.
Ah I see, the author who you were unaware of until now is a 'known idiot', so you are not interested in reading then citation I provided.
Welp, cant argue with that!