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Facebook Finally Admits 'Mood Altering' Study Not The Best Idea Oct 2 2014. Huffington Post. Alexis Kleinman.
Facebook Sued For $123 Million Over 'Revenge Porn' Jul 30 2014. Huffington Post. Ed Mazza.
New social networks promise to reward people with money as well as 'likes's Jul 24 2014. Montreal Gazette. Associated Press.
As long as you're not a woman Apparently it's okay to post naked photos to Facebook. Jul 18 2014. Pando.com. Nathaniel Mott.
Iraq Crisis: ISIS Social Media Blitz Could Be Its Downfall Jul 2 2014. via Huffington Post. CBC.
Sheryl Sandberg Stops Short Of Apology For Facebook Mood Study Jul 2 2014. Huffington Post. Rebecca Hiscott.
Take a peek into the lives of the Rich Kids of Snapchat Jul 1 2014. Mail Online. Margot Peppers.
Facebook Is Under Investigation For Mood Manipulation Study Jul 1 2014. Huffington Post. Reuters.
When Ethical Worlds Collide Facebook's Emotional Manipulation Study. Jun 30 2014. Huffington Post. Edward W. Felten.
Facebook tinkered with users' feeds for a massive psychology experiment Jun 27 2014. A.V.Club. William Hughes.
Yes. Facebook will KNOW you've been browsing for smut Zuck's spell: Look into my eyes, not around the eyes. You're under. Jun 12 2014. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
Script fools n00b hackers into hacking themselves Indian Facebook users targeting their mates shoot selves in foot. May 2 2014. The Register. Phil Muncaster.
Facebook To Acquire Titan Aerospace, Maker Of Solar-Powered Drones? Bringing Facebook to Africa.... Mar 4 2014. Huffington Post.
Thanks a lot, Facebook: Microsoft turns Office 365 into social network In Redmond, no one lets you unfriend your boss. Mar 4 2014. The Register. Jack Clark.
How a Facebook post by blabbermouth daughter cost her parents $80,000 As she yammered to her chums online: 'SUCK IT'. Mar 1 2014. The Register. Iain Thomson.
Makers of Paper App Ask Facebook to Change Its New App Name Feb 3 2014. New York Times. Nick Bilton.
'I had a rare Twitter handle... I was extorted into giving it up' Jan 31 2014. The Register. Brid-Aine Parnell.
Facebook unwraps Paper, a content-hoover application Ad-slinger cranks out new content mgmnt system for social network denizons. Jan 30 2014. The Register. Jack Clark.
Facebook's Plan For AI: Transcribe Your Calls, Decipher Your Photos Jan 29 2014. Huffington Post. Bianca Bosker.
Why Facebook Is Doomed Jan 27 2014. Huffington Post. Jonathan Guy.
New Study Shows Teens Are Sooo Over Facebook Jan 15 2014. Huffington Post. Drew Guarini.
Facebook 'Unfriending' Sees Boiling Water Thrown At Teenage Girl Jan 7 2014. Huffington Post UK.
Cyber bullying: Mom publicly shames her daughter for being a bully Jan 6 2014. Parent Dish. Isabelle Knoo.
Man Worth $20 Billion Gets 'Crazy' When People Say He Cares About Money Jan 6 2014. Huffington Post. Dino Grandoni.
Facebook Lawsuit Alleges Site 'Reading Its Users' Personal Messages' Jan 3 2014. Huffington Post.
Hyenas FACEBOOK each other with their ARSES: True FACT It's like a business card, say po-faced boffins. Nov 12 2013. The Register. Jasper Hamill.
Facebook's Rapidly Declining Popularity With Teens In 1 Chart Oct 23 2013. Huffington Post. Bianca Bosker.
Facebook slammed as beheading vids surface on Zuck's network We're not the publishers, just a benign social network ... bitch. Oct 22 2013. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
Swarm of Rivals Seeking Share of Social Media Pie Oct 5 2013. New York Times. Jenna Wortham and Vindu Goel.
Kenya Mall Attack: Why Al-Shabaab Live-Tweeted The Assault Sep 24 2013. Huffington Post. CBC.
Facebook strips away a bit more of your privacy - but won't say why You also agree to have your FACE displayed in ads ... bitch. Aug 30 2013. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
Twitter's Tony Wang issues apology to abuse victims Aug 3 2013. BBC. BBC.
What is turning so many young men into internet trolls? Aug 3 2013. The Guardian (UK). Claire Hardaker.
Twitter Bots Have No Trouble Fooling You, Getting More Influence Than Oprah Jul 8 2013. Huffington Post. Bianca Boscar.
Facebook slurped phone numbers says Norton The Social Network promises to behave. Jul 1 2013. The Resister. Richard Chirgwin.
Facebook Privacy: 6 Million Users' Contact Information Exposed Jun 22 2013. Huffington Post. AP.
Facebook Competitors May Be Slowing Growth Of World's Largest Social Netwok May 2 2013. Huffington Post. Timothy Stenovec.
Montreal woman's arrest highlights legal risks of social media Jennifer Pawluck's brush with law spurs new debate on policing social media. Apr 17 2013. CBC. Alexandria Kazia.
How Tinder Experiment Lured 70 Guys To A Froyo Shop In Search Of Dream Girl Apr 13 2013. Huffington Post. Bianca Bosker.
Child porn video appears on Facebook, goes viral Mar 24 2013. Digital Journal. Martin Weinreb.
New social network is for DEAD PEOPLE 'Immortalize the loved ones who are no longer with you'. Feb 27 2013. The Register. Simon Sharwood.
Facebook to pay NO tax for 2012 Will get tax refund of $429M despite $1 BN profits. Feb 16 2013. Mail Online. Staff Reporter.
Facebook devs HACKED in 'sophisticated' Java zero-day attack Company laptops impounded, no evidence user data compromised. Feb 15 2013. The Register. Jack Clark.
Super search engine tracks terrorists - and you - via social networks Feb 13 2013. NBC. Suzanne Choney.
New Frontier for Topics in Science: Social Media Dec 31 2012. New York Times. Mary Ann Giordano.
Facebook proposes killing off user voting on policy changes Brief flirtation with democracy put down. Nov 22 2012. The Register. Iain Thomson.
In Crisis, Public Officials Embrace Social Media Nov 1 2012. New York Times. Brian Stelter.
Facebook surpasses one billion users as it tempts new markets Oct 4 2012. BBC. Dave Lee.
Behind Facebook's Emotional Ad From Wieden & Kennedy Interesting comments.... Oct 4 2012. AdAge Digital. Ann-Christine Diaz.
It's Not Just a Mouse That Has to Click Oct 4 2012. New York Times. Carolyn Bucior.
Facebook's latest brain wave: Flogging REAL fluffy tat Thanks for telling us where you live... bitch. Sep 28 2012. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
NYT Puts a Name on Facebook's Failed IPO - And It's Not Zuckerberg Sep 4 2012. Forbes. David Penn.
Facebook announces crackdown on fake 'Likes' When only bots love you. Sep 1 2012. The Register. Iain Thomson.
The $1.3 Trillion Price Of Not Tweeting At Work Aug 30 2012. Fast Company. Ryan Holmes.
Why Groupon Is Over and Facebook And Twitter Should Follow Aug 20 2012. Forbes. Peter Cohan.
Why Facebook's Stock Is Tanking Aug 17 2012. Daily Beast. Alex Klein.
Critic of NBC has Twitter account suspended after network complains Jul 30 2012. Yahoo! Sports. Dan Wetzel.
Facebook shares hit new low on 1st earnings report since IPO 'Growth is still at the low end of acceptable,' analyst says. Jul 26 2012. CBC Business News.
Weibo: How China's version of Twitter changed five lives Jul 15 2012. BBC. Duncan Hewitt.
Fake sarnie shop's big fake Likes leave Facebook looking flaky Lies, damn Likes and statistics. Jul 13 2012. The Register. Andrew Orlowski.
Facebook 'likes' and adverts' value doubted Jul 12 2012. BBC News. Rory Cellan-Jones.
Facebook shuts down face recognition APIs after all Never mind what we said three weeks ago. Jul 9 2012. The Register. Neil McAllister.
Facebook: Our phone app DID seize your email Blame the bug... bitch. Jul 4 2012. The Register. Bill Ray.
Can you judge a man by his Twitter followers? Two accounts: A sanitised corporate one and my personal account. Jul 4 2012. The Register. Trevor Pott.
Facebook loses face: Faced down in faceoff over face-placing OK, we'll get out of your Face ... bitch. Jun 22 2012. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
To Settle Lawsuit, Facebook Alters Policy for Its Like Button Jun 21 2012. New York Times. Somini Sengupta.
Facebook 'Sponsored Stories' Lawsuit: Company To Pay $10 Million Settlement Jun 16 2012. Huffington Post. Dan Levine and Sarah McBride.
Council chief overrules blackout on Scots 9-yr-old's school lunch blog! 'No place for censorship here', thunders local pol. Jun 15 2012. The Register. Anna Leach.
LinkedIn users buried in spam after database leak Hackers go phishing with their new bait. Jun 7 2012. The Register. Brid-Aine Parnell.
LinkedIn admits site hack, adds pinch of salt to passwords Biz network says it has upped security. Jun 7 2012. The Register. Brid-Aine Parnell.
Facebook Will Disappear in 5 to 8 Years: Analyst Jun 4 2012. CNBC. Cadie Thompson.
On Facebook, `Likes' Become Ads May 31 2012. New York Times. Somini Sengupta.
More firms will monitor social media use: Gartner May 29 2012. IT World Canada. Grant Gross.
Valuation Doubts Rise As Social Network's Stock Takes Big Hit Facebook Share Price Plunges Again. May 22 2012. Huffington Post. Suzanne Barlyn and Ryan Vlastelica.
Facebook shares close 11% below flotation price May 21 2012. BBC. BBC.
Governments may hit social networks with cyber attacks Arab Spring alerted governments to power of Facebook, Twitter et al. May 17 2012. The Register. Richard Chirgwin.
Two men rob internet cafe, but forget to log out of Facebook first May 15 2012. Sophos, Naked Security. Grahm Cluley.
A Facebook Founder Renounces His U.S. Citizenship May 11 2012. New York Times. Quentin Hardy.
Facebook to buy Instagram for $1-billion Apr 9 2012. Globe and Mail. Omar el Akkad.
Facebook vows to fight BC privacy lawsuit Social media network's use of names, photos, has `completely overstepped'. Apr 6 2012. Vancouver Sun. Gillian Shaw.
Facebook accused of 'wanton' use of Canadian woman's pics You signed up for this ... bitch. Apr 3 2012. The Register. Brid-Aine Parnell.
Surprise! Facebook, Twitter still not THAT important for news Social media is over-hyped, concludes report. Mar 19 2012. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
Op-Ed: Do employment laws matter in the era of Facebook? Mar 14 2012. Digital Journal. Leigh Goessl.
One man, two wives and an unfriendly Facebook scenario Mar 8 2012. Takoma News Tribune. Adam Lynn.
What Employers Are Thinking When They Look At Your Facebook Page Mar 6 2012. Forbes. Kashmir Hill.
Risk and Riches in User Data for Facebook Feb 26 2012. New York Times. Somini Sengupta.
Male dinosaurs failing on social privacy Women are the smarter social sex, says study. Feb 24 2012. The Register. Iain Thomson.
Homeland Analysts Told to Monitor Policy Debates in Social Media Feb 22 2012. New York Times. Charlie Savage.
LinkedIn offers MORE SECURE hobnobbing option Social-network-for-suits finally gets some SSL love. Feb 8 2012. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
Personal Data's Value? Facebook Is Set to Find Out Feb 1 2012. New York Times. Somini Sengupta and Evelyn M. Rusli.
Facebook flings clickjack spam lawsuit at ad-slingers Social network teams up with Washington State to hound marketing firm. Jan 27 2012. The Register. Phil Muncaster.
New scam targets 'haters' of new Facebook Timeline Jan 5 2012. Digital Journal. Leigh Goessl.
Study: Facebook cited in a third of divorces in 2011 Jan 1 2012. Digital Journal. Kesavan Unnikrishnan.
Did Too Much Well Wishing Crash Twitter Again? Dec 29 2011. New York Times. Janna Wortham.
Facebook suggests you get out more - and it'll tell you how It knows what you did last summer and next summer. Dec 28 2011. The Register. Anna Leach.
How Facebook tracks you across the web Facebook tracking is under scrutiny. Nov 16 2011. USA Today. Byron Achohido.
Debt collectors warned off pursuing punters on Facebook OFT will bitchslap agencies who send heavies onto social networks. Oct 19 2011. The Register. Brid-Aine Parnell.
Look who's talking ... about your Facebook Page New blabber analytics are wet dream for stats nerds. Oct 4 2011. The Register. Brid-Aine Parnell.
Facebook: 'We didn't patent stalking logged-off users' We're just hunting unicorns ... bitch. Oct 4 2011. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
Facebook to scrub itself clean of filthy malware links Websense to sniff out stinky URLs on social network. Oct 4 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Facebook suggests sharing everything all the time Your life as a 'product'. Sep 22 2011. The Register. Ian Thompson.
Facebook as Tastemaker Sep 22 2011. New York Times. Somini Sengupta and Ben Sisario.
Twitter users charged with terrorism for false tweets Mass panic over erroneous kidnap claims. Sep 7 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Students Find Ways to Thwart Facebook Bans Sep 2 2011. New York Times. Jennifer Conlin.
Fake Facebook spam cannon fires double-shotted malware Duff Flash on top of Blackhole, both packed with ZeuS. Aug 30 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Facebook pays bounties of $40,000 in first 3 weeks $5,000 'for one really good report'. Aug 30 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Spamford Wallace charged for hacking 500,000 Facebookers Forbidden login at 10,000 feet. Aug 5 2011. The Register. Sam Goodin.
Many parents are only on Facebook to stalk their kids Try to friend offspring without speaking to them. Jul 13 2011. The Register. Team Register.
Facebooking juror gets 8 months Jailed over msg lol. Jun 16 2011. The Register. John Oates.
Woman puts shout-out for hitman on Facebook Offers 'a stack to kill my baby father'. Jun 16 2011. The Register. Lester Haines.
Facebook Changes Privacy Settings to Enable Facial Recognition Jun 7 2011. New York Times. Nick Bilton.
Facebook, Foe of Anonymity, Is Forced to Explain a Secret May 13 2011. New York Times. Miguel Helft.
Divorce Lawyers' New Friend: Social Networks May 13 2011. New York Times. Nadine Brozan.
Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using Social Media May 12 2011. New York Times. Trip Gabriel.
Facebook caught exposing millions of user credentials App bug overrides user privacy settings. May 10 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Assange: Facebook a `spying machine' And media starts wars, says WikiLeaks founder. May 3 2011. The Register. Richard Chirgwin.
Pakistani IT admin leaks bin Laden raid on Twitter Twitterati learn of raid before bin Laden. May 2 2011. The Register. Rick Myslewski.
Keep Your Thumbs Still When I'm Talking to You Apr 15 2011. New York Times. David Carr.
Feel Like a Wallflower? Maybe It's Your Facebook Wall Apr 9 2011. New York Times. Jenna Wortham.
Photoshopped image scam used in rogue Facebook app trap Spreading across social network at 90,000 clicks an hour. Apr 4 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Paterson Teacher Suspended Over a Post on Facebook Apr 1 2011. New York Times. Winnie Hu.
Facebook Prepares to Add Friends in Washington Mar 28 2011. New York Times. Miguel Helft and Matt Richtel.
Twitter Turns Five: #happybirthday! Mar 19 2011. NPR. National Public Radio. NPR.
How Do I Love Thee? Count 140 Characters Mar 19 2011. New York Times. Randy Kennedy.
Libya's internet goes dark as upheaval spreads Net communications severed. Mar 4 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Egypt switches off the internet The server at www.egypt.gov.eg is taking too long to respond. Feb 28 2011. The Register. John Oates.
Facebook 'stalker tracker' tool just makes you a spammer Paranoia don't pay, see. Feb 24 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
'Most stupid criminal ever' blew cover on Facebook Burglar posted gloating self-portrait from victim's own laptop. Feb 24 2011. The Register. Lester Haines.
Facebook users subjected to more clickjacking Your consent without your approval. Feb 22 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Countries where Facebook is not, yet, king Not just China. Feb 18 2011. The Register. John Oates.
Internet use disrupted in Bahrain as protests turn bloody Missing: 20% of country's traffic. Feb 18 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution Feb 16 2011. New York Times. Sheryl Gay Stolberg.
Egypt Leaders Found `Off' Switch for Internet Feb 15 2011. New York Times. James Glanz.
Facebook Officials Keep Quiet on Its Role in Revolts Feb 14 2011. New York Times. Jennifer Preston.
GOP Rep. Chris Lee resigns over shirtless photo on Web Feb 10 2011. USA Today. Fredreka Schouten.
Social Media Transforming Dating Feb 10 2011. Zogby.com.
Fake Twitter Accounts Get Real Laughs Feb 9 2011. New York Times. Ashely Parker.
Outrage and a Facebook Page That Gave It a Voice Feb 5 2011. New York Times. Jennifer Preston.
`The Net Delusion' and the Egypt Crisis Feb 4 2011. New York Times. Lee Siegel.
Gates: Killing the internet is easy Gun power trumps tweet power. Feb 2 2011. The Register. Gavin Clarke.
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked Jan 26 2011. The Toronto Star. Lesley Ciarula Taylor.
Tunisia plants country-wide keystroke logger on Facebook Gmail and Yahoo! too. Jan 25 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
French president recovers from Facebook hack Zut alors. Jan 24 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Facebook suspends personal data-sharing feature Developers kicked back out of your undie drawer. Jan 18 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Creepy as hell: Facebook developers get to know you better Home addresses and mobile numbers up for grabs. Jan 17 2011. The Register. Bill Ray and John Leyden.
In Tunisia, social media are main source of news about protests Jan 15 2011. Los Angeles Times. Nathan Olivarez-Giles.
Facebook facing fall-down issues Down or out?. Jan 14 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Tweeting Tyrants Out of Tunisia: Global Internet at Its Best Jan 14 2011. Wired. Nate Anderson Ars Technica.
Hot Social Networking Site Cools as Facebook Grows Jan 11 2011. New York Times. Tim Arango.
Facebook Wins Relatively Few Friends in Japan Jan 9 2011. New York Times. Hiroko Tabuchi.
Facebook revenues 'hit $1.2 billion in nine months' 2010 financials leaked. Jan 6 2011. The Register. Cade Metz.
Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation Jan 2 2011. New York Times. Andrew Ross Sorkin and Evelyn M. Rusli.
Social media will assist police, futurists predict Jan 1 2011. Calgary Herald. Shannon Proudfoot.
Facebook gets poked in latest privacy gaffe 'No personal details were used. But we're changing our tech anyway.. bitch'. Oct 18 2010. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
Obama Twitter hacker avoids jail Guessed admin passwords. Jun 25 2010. The Register. John Leyden.
Facebook mulls u-turn on privacy Mounting pressure: "Quit Facebook Day", May 31st. May 19 2010. BBC. BBC.
Mucky private chat could be illegal soon Risky encounters of the IRC and Twitter kind. May 18 2010. The Register. Jane Fae Ozimek.
World's Largest Social Network: The Open Web May 14 2010. New York Times. Randall Stross.
Twitter-based mafia game irritates world+dog An offer you can refuse. Sep 22 2009. The Register.
We can do anything we want with your content. Forever. Facebook's New Terms of Service:. Feb 15 2009. Consumerist. Chris Walters.
Propelled by Internet, Barack Obama Wins Presidency Nov 4 2008. Wired. Sarah Lai Stirland.
The '08 Campaign: Sea Change for Politics as We Know It "The year campaigns leveraged the Internet in ways never imagined.". Nov 3 2008. New York Times. Adam Nagourney.
Presidential Elections in the Internet Era Sep 2 2008. Findlaw. FindLaw. Eric Sinrod.
Internet's Broader Role in Campaign 2008 Survey Reports: Social Networking and Online Videos Take Off. Jan 11 2008. Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Pew Research Center.
Social networkers risk losing their identities US National Cyber Security Alliance's research focuses on social networking. Oct 4 2006. The Register. John Leyden.
Politics Faces Sweeping Change via the Web Internet transforms US politics. Apr 6 2006. New York Times. Adam Nagourney.
Internet Injects Sweeping Change Into U.S. Politics Internet's effect on US politics. Apr 2 2006. New York Times. Adam Nagourney.
Tsu.co Social Site Shares Ad Revenue With Users And Facebook Is Censoring All Mentions of It. Nov 11 2015. via Huffington Post. Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press.
Facebook Also Collects What You Decide Not To Post, Tech Consultant Warns Apr 23 2015. Huffington Post. CBC News.
Facebook, New York Times Deal Could Change The News Biz Mar 27 2015. via Huffington Post. CBC.