As many as two billion people across the world now use Facebook to connect with their friends, with over 800 million of them engaging on the platform everyday. “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially 2 billion people! We're making progress connecting the world, and now let's bring the world closer together,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said.
India is the largest market for the social networking giant outside of the US with over 180 million users. In a blogpost, Facebook said on average, over 800 million people ‘like’ something on Facebook, while more than 175 million people share a 'love' reaction. Over one billion people use Groups every month. In a separate announcement, the US-based firm said it has partnered Election Commission of India (ECI). As part of the partnership, a voter registration reminder will be sent between July 1-4 to people on Facebook in India who are eligible to vote. The reminder will be in 13 Indian languages -- English, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Assamese, Marathi and Oriya. “...The ECI is going to launch a special drive to enrol left out electors, with a particular focus on first-time electors,” Nasim Zaidi said.