Gregory's Server
Facebook was looking into setting up their own Tor hidden service, what would eventually become facebookcorewwwi.onion (the fact that I can recall that URL is a BIG DEAL, ask me why later).
So they partnered with Tor, specifically the now infamous Jacob Appelbaum (a serial sexual abuser -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum#Allegations_of_sexual_misconduct)
Facebook's goal was to get IETF standardization so they could get a domain certificate for their .onion service. (Ask me why later, more nerdery).
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While Tor, I2P, GNU, and Namecoin were working an RFC through the IETF process, Facebook and Tor/Appelbaum broke away from the group.
Why? Because they were bigger than the rest. Facebook was too important to wait for the piddly-little anonymizing projects, like I2P.
Tor was just too popular. That was the basic argument.
They broke off their own RFC, got it approved very quickly, and facebookcorewwwi.onion went live in 2016, complete with an HTTPS certificate.
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