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Facebook Forced To Let You Vote On Privacy Changes

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 06.01.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy. The previously announced change...

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REPORT: Millions Ignore Facebook's Privacy Settings

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.03.2012

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If you haven't reviewed your Facebook privacy settings lately, now might be the time to double-check them. According to a Consumer Reports survey r...

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13 Unlucky Reasons Why Facebook Is Rapidly Approaching Peak Hype

John F. Ince | Posted 05.02.2012

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Facebook may be rapidly approaching a phenomenon we might call peak hype -- the moment when both usage and investor interest Facebook reach their zenith and rapidly start to decline and spiral downward.

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3 Social Media Don’ts During Divorce

Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. | Posted 04.24.2012

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The divorce process is often a highly emotional time and social media outlets readily provide evidence that can harm one or both parties, both during and after a divorce settlement.

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How to Control Facebook App Privacy (VIDEO)

Larry Magid | Posted 05.24.2012

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Facebook is more than a social network. It's also a platform that allows independent developers to create applications, or "apps" that greatly expand what the service can offer.

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New Examples of Facebook Password Demands, Facebook's Response and the Need for a New Law

Ateqah Khaki | Posted 05.23.2012

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Whether at work or at school, we shouldn't have to choose between technology and privacy, and no one should be coerced into sharing their private information against their will.

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Potential Employers Require Applicants To Share Facebook Passwords

Posted 03.06.2012

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Potential employers don't need to hack into your Facebook account to get past your security settings. They can just ask you for your password. MSNB...

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Social Networks Getting Less Social Study Shows

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings to protect ...

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5 Social Media New Year's Resolutions

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.30.2011

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In years past, my New Year's resolutions have focused on improving my habits offline: going to the gym, cutting back on snacks, finishing "Paradise Lo...

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"You Can't Post That!" and the Future of What We Share on Facebook

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 02.05.2012

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What if I said that I think folks may want to think twice before deleting, untagging or "sending to trash" those unfortunate images of their wild youth? Well, that's exactly what I'm saying.

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When It Comes To Facebook, Avoid Playing With Fire

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 01.04.2012

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Here are some tips on how to navigate (and avoid) awkward social media situations -- before they escalate into real-world repercussions.

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New Facebook Changes Include Strobe Lights, Random Drug Tests

Spencer Green | Posted 11.22.2011

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Facebook subscribers are still unsure of such additions as the strobe light effect, which causes seizures in household pets, and the replacement of all user photos with the 1968 shot of Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Nguyen Van Lem.

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Facebook Unveils Entirely New Relationship Category

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 11.14.2011

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Facebook is rolling out a feature that introduces an entirely new relationship category to the social networking site. Until now, users could only ...

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What You Need To Know About Facebook's Privacy Overhaul

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 10.24.2011

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Facebook's privacy settings are getting a facelift. The social network announced plans to introduce a slew of changes to its sharing, tagging and ...

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Monitor Kids On Facebook Without Being Their 'Friend'

AllThingsD.com | Posted 09.27.2011

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Parents fret all the time about protecting their kids on Facebook, but many of the products and services I’ve seen that aim to help are intrusive, a...

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Facebook Privacy Tips: 9 Settings To Check Now

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 06.18.2011

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Whether it's tweaking your location sharing settings or killing the access of third-party apps to your profile, we can't advise taking a regular look ...

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ACLU: Calling Your Teacher Fat On Facebook Is A Constitutional Right

Posted 05.25.2011

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When Donny Dunlap was assigned three times the usual amount of homework in his 10th-grade biology class, he logged on Facebook to vent. Once school o...

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Macrowikinomics: Privacy in the Age of Facebook

Don Tapscott | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the online world we now face a new unexpected threat -- ourselves. Call it Baby Brother. With the meteoric rise of social media, we are increasingly willing accomplices in undermining our own privacy rights.

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Time Person of the Year Mark Zuckerberg Changing How We Share Information

Larry Magid | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is no denying that Zuckerberg has -- by some measures -- direct influence on more lives than most of the world leaders. But that's only a small part of what makes him an important world figure.

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A Guide to Facebook's Latest Facelift

Larry Magid | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though Facebook is quick to point out that their latest redesign alters nothing in terms of privacy settings, what has changed is that information that was once somewhat hidden now jumps out at anyone who visits your page.

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Facebook Sued In California Over 'Like' Feature

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles County teenagers are suing Facebook, claiming the social network effectively sold their names and images to advert...

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Facebook Privacy Breach: Settings You Need To Know NOW

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Facebook is in the hotseat Monday following a report by the Wall Street Journal that Facebook applications "have been transmitting identifying informa...

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Whoops, Didn't Mean to Destroy Your Life

Jeffrey Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

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People today -- including cyber bullies -- have an incredible power to post and share information with the entire world. But who is talking about the responsibility that comes with this power?

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If Only Irony Had a Privacy Setting

Jeffrey Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

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What I say and is said about me on Facebook and other social media sites needs to be confined to my network, not available to anyone interested enough to type my name into a search engine.

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Quit Facebook, Destroy Your Phone...

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

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Interestingly, Ahearn's treatise contains some valuable tips you can use to reclaim some of the privacy you've relinquished, knowingly or not, by usin...

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