Bebo
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Social networking service |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Founded | January 2005 |
| Dissolved | May 2022 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Michael Birch Xochi Birch |
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| Parent | The Monkey Inferno |
| URL | bebo |
| Launched | January 2005 |
Bebo (/ˈbiːboʊ/ BEE-boh) was an American social networking website that originally operated from 2005 until its bankruptcy in 2013. The site relaunched several times after its bankruptcy with a number of short-lived offerings, including instant messaging and video streaming, until its acquisition by Amazon in July 2019 when it was shut down. It was announced in January 2021 that it would be returning as a new social-media site the month after. By May 2022, it had once again been shut down, without having left beta-testing.
The site was founded by Michael Birch and Xochi Birch.