The
Facebook Platform is an umbrella term used to describe the set of services, tools, and products provided by the
social networking service Facebook for
third-party developers to create their own
applications and services that access data in Facebook. It was launched in <time>2010</time>. The platform offers a set of
programming interfaces and tools which enable developers to integrate with the open "
social graph" of personal relations and other things like songs, places, and Facebook pages. Applications on facebook.com, external websites, and devices are all allowed to access the graph.