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Facebook Blocks Roger Ebert's "Leading With My Chin" Post

Facebook Blocks Roger Ebert's "Leading With My Chin" Post

Roger Ebert's new prosthetic jaw post entitled "Leading With My Chin" has been flagged as "abusive content" on Facebook. The movie critic used Facebook and Twitter to recount the story of surviving thyroid cancer and losing part of his jaw. The post includes pictures of Ebert's two year path to...

Facebook's Mobile Future Faces Down Security Scandal

Facebook's Mobile Future Faces Down Security Scandal

Facebook’s dominance as the world’s largest social network has spread to mobile phones yet is has been in the midst of heavy security investigations for the better part of this year. Arguments between Facebook and the Securities and Exchange Commission have quickly gained heat since February 1 as...

Facebook Cartoon Profile Picture Week Trend Raising Child Abuse Awareness

Facebook Cartoon Profile Picture Week Trend Raising Child Abuse Awareness

A cast of cartoon characters is sweeping Facebook this week. A trend begun on December 1, 2010, in Greece and Cyprus has quickly invaded the world's largest social network for a great cause. The meme has no affiliation with any civic group but is spreading across the Internet. Facebook users...

Facebook Privacy "Fundamentally Flawed" Per Columbia University Study

Facebook Privacy "Fundamentally Flawed" Per Columbia University Study

Facebook's privacy is "fundamentally flawed" per results from a Columbia University study. Steven M. Bellovin, an ingenious computer scientist who assisted in the development of USENET Internet discussion board systems, conducted the first Facebook study highlighting sprouting privacy issues on...

NY Hookers Use Facebook to Attract Business

NY Hookers Use Facebook to Attract Business

New York area hookers have slowly stopped using Craigslist and instead use Facebook to attract potential business per a recent Columbia University study. Sudhir Venkatesh of Columbia published the results of the study involving 290 sex workers in the February issue of Wired Magazine. Venkatesh...

Facebook "Likes' Study by Cambridge University Reveals User Personality, Sexual Orientation, and More

Facebook "Likes' Study by Cambridge University Reveals User Personality, Sexual Orientation, and More

A recent study conducted of Facebook "Likes" by Cambridge University using algorithms found means of predicting user personality, sexual orientation and more. The revealing glimpse into user data of the world's largest social network Facebook was published in the journal PNAS and included a wealth...

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Unveiling New Profile on 60 Minutes

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Unveiling New Profile on 60 Minutes

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg will sit down with CBS's Leslie Stahl on tonight's 60 Minutes too unveil the latest changes on the world's most popular social network. Rumors abound that Zuckerberg will allow a sneak preview of new profile changes during the CBS interview. Facebook's "facelift"...

Facebook Offers Free Voice Calling to iPhone Users

Facebook Offers Free Voice Calling to iPhone Users

The world's largest social network, Facebook, unveiled a new feature on Wednesday, January 15, 2012 for its iPhone users within the U.S. and Canada: free voice calling. As the company has expanded its "new" mobile frontier, this product is another sign of progress for Facebook and technology as...

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How to Block Facebook User Profiles

If you're like most people, you probably have a few faces and names that you just don't want to see on Facebook. So how do you block these people from your Friend's suggestion list or even from them messaging you? Facebook makes it easy with what they call Block Lists. Here's how to block people...

Facebook "Attack a Teacher Day" Leads to Six Arrests

Facebook "Attack a Teacher Day" Leads to Six Arrests

The Nevada Appeal in Carson City, Nevada arrested six girls for their connection to an "Attack A Teacher Day" Facebook event scheduled for Friday between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. One of the girls invited 100 students from two Nevada middle schools to participate in the "Attack A Teacher Day" event while...