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Facebook bug exposes some contact information
A newly discovered Facebook bug may have inadvertently compromised the contact information of 6 million users, the company says.
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Facebook's Former Security Chief Now Works for the NSA
About a year after Facebook reportedly joined PRISM, Max Kelly, the social network's chief security officer left for a job at the National Security Agency, either a curious career move or one that makes complete sense.
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Instagram Wanted To Be “Instagram For Video” Before It Was Cool
Calling Facebook a copycat isn't particularly creative; not only did Myspace, Friendster and Makeout Party have the whole social network thing down first, but Questions, Places, Poke, Messenger, Stickers and so on were all ideas stolen inspired by other startups.
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UGA student seeks $2 million in lawsuit over Facebook photo
A University of Georgia student has filed a lawsuit against a school administrator for using a Facebook photo of her in a presentation at a Georgia high school.
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Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail.
It turns out the NSA is compromising our privacy in order to do a terrible job of looking for terrorists.
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Teen commits suicide after cops crack Facebook joke
A family in Washington is convinced that their son committed suicide Sunday after learning that a local sheriff's department had cracked a joke about him on Facebook.
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Facebook Android App Collects Phone Numbers Without Permission (Even From Non-Members)
Today we released a new version of Norton Mobile Security for Android devices that contains our new Norton Mobile Insight technology. Mobile Insight has analyzed over 4 million Android applications and processes tens of thousands of new applications every day.
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Don't blame Facebook.
Blame the messenger.
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Saudi Arabia court jails seven Facebook cyber activists
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced seven cyber activists to between five to 10 years in prison for inciting protests, mainly by using Facebook.
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Bullies and trolls on social media sites are driven by boredom
A new study shows that many incidents of cyberbullying and trolling on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are driven by boredom.
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State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook 'likes'
State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook "likes," prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was "buying fans" in social media, the agency's inspector general says.
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Father: Teen Jailed For Facebook Comment Beaten Up Behind Bars
The push to reduce Justin Carter's $500,000 bail is getting more urgent after his family says the Texas teen is suffering physical abuse while an inmate in a Central Texas jail.
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‘Freedom From Facebook’ Wants Conservatives to Boycott This July 4
A group of conservative activists and bloggers is urging right-wingers to defriend Facebook this Independence Day. The 24-hour “Freedom From Facebook” boycott is necessary, they say, because the social-media giant has been systemically targeting and discriminating against conservatives, blocking content, and suspending or outright banning users.
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Are you suffering from FOMO?
The term stands for a fear of missing out, and it is a very real thing that many millennials experience.
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Anonymous Person Posts $500,000 Bail For Justin Carter, The Teen Arrested For Making 'Sarcastic' Facebook Comments
Carter's family could not afford to pay the high bond. But a pro bono lawyer who is also representing the Carter family, Don Flanery, tells MSNBC that an "anonymous good Samaritan" paid $500,000 to free Justin Carter this afternoon. Carter, his father, and his lawyer will be on "AllInWithChris" tonight to tell the tale.
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Tired of helping CIA? Quit Facebook, Venezuela minister urges..
CARACAS — A Venezuelan government minister on Wednesday urged citizens to shut Facebook accounts to avoid being unwitting informants for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, referring to recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.
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This online mom got put into her place
Seriously though, the comment is perfect.
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Texas teen could get 10 years in prison for Facebook post
Not everyone understands sarcasm, but you'd be hard pressed to find many people who think it warrants a jail sentence, but that's what a Texas teenager is facing after
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Suspect caught after posting Facebook comment under own wanted pic
Authorities say a suspect wanted for robbery in southwest Florida was apprehended after he posted Facebook comments under his wanted photo.
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Market for Fake Social Network Accounts Still Booming
Want to be popular online? Sites continue to sell fake followers to make people appear to have a large following, but competition has led to a 40 percent drop in prices.
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