
** FILE ** This Feb. 1, 2012, photo shows the Facebook logo on a computer screen in Berlin. (AP Photo/dapd, Timur Emek)

** FILE ** This Feb. 1, 2012, photo shows the Facebook logo on a computer screen in Berlin. (AP Photo/dapd, Timur Emek)

Facebook Inc.'s IPO is expected to be the largest ever for an Internet company. It's expected to raise as much as $11.8 billion for Facebook and its early investors - far more than the $1.67 billion raised in Google Inc.'s 2004 IPO. (Associated Press)

Facebook Inc.'s IPO is expected to be the largest ever for an Internet company. It's expected to raise as much as $11.8 billion for Facebook and its early investors - far more than the $1.67 billion raised in Google Inc.'s 2004 IPO. (Associated Press)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a social media wunderkind who turns 28 this month, reportedly will take Facebook public on the stock market May 18 in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004. Facebook's offering values the company at $76 billion to $95 billion, based on the expected number of Facebook shares after the IPO. (Associated Press)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a social media wunderkind who turns 28 this month, reportedly will take Facebook public on the stock market May 18 in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004. Facebook's offering values the company at $76 billion to $95 billion, based on the expected number of Facebook shares after the IPO. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** This Oct. 15, 2011, file photo shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a meeting in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

**FILE** Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen Oct. 15, 2011, during a meeting in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

"I'm having a hard time seeing how 15 words on Facebook could have ruined my nine-year career," Marine Sgt. Gary Stein said. (Associated Press)