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Mom Killed by Man She Met on Facebook

After stabbing her, he threw himself in front of a train

(Newser) - A mother of four from England was killed by her lover, a man she met on Facebook, weeks after he was arrested for assaulting her, the Daily Telegraph reports. He killed himself the same day. Stewart Shaw and Julie Sudlow, both in their 40s, met online in late 2008 and...

Angry Facebook Users Search for the Exit

Open-source Facebook rival gathers steam

(Newser) - The newest and hottest Facebook trend is quitting Facebook. Some of the site's 400 million users—including several high-profile technology pundits—have been deleting their accounts, citing privacy concerns. The social networking site doesn't release statistics on how many people scuttle their accounts, but Google searches on how to quit...

Zuckerberg Once Mocked 'Dumb' Users Over 'Trust'

He apparently didn't like privacy at age 19, either

(Newser) - More ammo for Mark Zuckerberg's privacy critics: The Silicon Alley Insider has a transcript of IMs between a then-19-year-old Zuckerberg, shortly after he launched Facebook, and a college friend. Zuckerberg's comments, strung together: "Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard. Just ask. I have over...

Facebook Privacy Policy: Longer Than the Constitution
Facebook Privacy Policy: Longer Than the Constitution
good luck opting out!
May 13, 2010 9:17 AM CDT

Facebook Privacy Policy: Longer Than the Constitution

Shy people have a lot of clicking to do

(Newser) - If you want to understand Facebook's privacy policy, you better have a comfy chair and lots of time on your hands. At 5,830 words, the policy is longer than the US Constitution (a pithy 4,543 words), the New York Times notes. And that's assuming you understand all the...

My 'Crimes' Against Iran


 What I Did 
 to Deserve 
 13 Years and 
 74 Lashes 


Journalist charged in iran
May 11, 2010 11:47 AM CDT

What I Did to Deserve 13 Years and 74 Lashes

Mazair Bahari explains the sentence handed down in absentia

(Newser) - Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari learned this week that, without telling him or his lawyers, an Iranian court had sentenced him to 13 years in prison and 74 lashes. Bahari won't serve that sentence—he was released from Iranian jail in October, after 118 days of interrogation and torture, and...

Betty White for Oscar Host!
 Betty White 
 for Oscar Host! 
new facebook campaigns
May 11, 2010 9:39 AM CDT

Betty White for Oscar Host!

Groups spring up in wake of 'SNL' success

(Newser) - Since the first Facebook Betty White campaign was a rousing success—who didn’t love her stint on Saturday Night Live?—it’s time for a few more. The New York Post points to a page dedicated to scoring White a gig hosting the Emmys, and a quick search of...

We Need an Alternative to Facebook

 We Need 
 an Alternative 
 to Facebook 
opinion
May 8, 2010 12:55 PM CDT

We Need an Alternative to Facebook

In this one, privacy would actually matter

(Newser) - It's time for a revolt against Facebook, writes Ryan Singel. Mark Zuckerberg may think privacy is an outdated concept, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to play along. As Singel puts it in Wired : "Facebook has gone rogue, drunk on founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dreams of...

Facebook Readies Location Feature - Advertising Age - Digital
 Soon, Facebook Will 
 Know Where You Are 
location-based apps coming
May 7, 2010 12:18 PM CDT

Soon, Facebook Will Know Where You Are

Social networking site readies location-based technology

(Newser) - The latest evidence Facebook is trying to take over the world: The site will soon launch geolocation applications, directly competing with Foursquare and other location-based social networks. What does that mean for you? Soon, telling all your friends you’re at McDonald’s will be even quicker and easier. Mickey...

The Age Of Facebook: Excerpts From The New Book By David Kirkpatrick
 Facebook: 
 The Frat House Years 
Book Excerpt
May 6, 2010 12:27 PM CDT

Facebook: The Frat House Years

Young company run like a rowdy dorm

(Newser) - The house was overrun with partying college students. Broken beer bottles were frequently swept carelessly into the pool—which drunken guests would leap into by jumping off a zip-line slung from the chimney. That's what Facebook's first “headquarters” was like, according to excerpts, published by Fortune , from David Kirkpatrick's...

Facebook Bug Leads to Fresh Privacy Mess

Chat disabled as company scrambles to fix issue

(Newser) - Curious Facebook users found themselves able to access a mega-dose of TMI this week, thanks to a hole in the system that made private chats public. TechCrunch reports that, ironically, the bug occurred because of a flaw in Facebook's privacy settings: Users can now see how their profile appears to...

Employee: Zuckerberg 'Doesn't Believe' in Privacy

Which helps explain the new settings

(Newser) - Two dispatches today from the Facebook privacy wars: In an off-the-record conservation with a New York Times reporter, a Facebook employee laughed when asked how Mark Zuckerberg feels about privacy: "He doesn't believe in it." The reporter tweeted about the exchange, and Bianca Bosker of the Huffington Post...

Senators to Facebook: Privacy Changes Suck

Oh, and fancy an FTC investigation?

(Newser) - It's not just tech geeks freaking out about the new Facebook changes; apparently they're causing hand-wringing in the very halls of Congress. Four Democratic senators—Chuck Schumer, Al Franken, Mark Begich and Michael Bennet—have sent an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg complaining that the changes give users less control...

PATRICK REQUEST Is Facebook the new internet and how soon before Microsoft tries to buy it ? « blog maverick
Facebook Has a Bullseye
on Its Back
Mark Cuban
Apr 26, 2010 11:50 AM CDT

Facebook Has a Bullseye on Its Back

Google and Apple will try to kill it, Microsoft to buy it

(Newser) - Mark Cuban has some good news and some bad news for Facebook. Good news: It's the “new internet,” our go-to place for at-work entertainment. “Everything that the net was 5 or more years ago, Facebook is today,” the entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks' owner writes on his...

For Sale: 1.5M Facebook Accounts
For Sale: 1.5M Facebook Accounts
Apr 23, 2010 5:14 PM CDT

For Sale: 1.5M Facebook Accounts

Hacker 'Kirllos' may have stolen personal info of 1 in 300 users

(Newser) - An industrious hacker may have stolen the login and password of 1 out of every 300 Facebook users. Posts made under the name "Kirllos" on a hacker forum advertise a store of 1.5 million Facebook accounts for sale. The logins and passwords may be bogus, or they may...

The New Facebook: How to Protect Your Privacy

Two ways to keep your data to yourself

(Newser) - The wily folks at Facebook have made more changes . Now, to protect your privacy, you've got to change, too. Here, courtesy of Ryan Tate at Valleywag , are two ways to keep your profile under wraps without sacrificing too much functionality:
  • Cut Your 'Connections' Facebook will now convert data on your
...

Facebook's 'Like' Button Invades Internet
 Facebook's 'Like' Button 
 Invades Internet 
opinion Roundup
Apr 22, 2010 1:51 PM CDT

Facebook's 'Like' Button Invades Internet

Changes greeted with concern, hyperbole

(Newser) - Tech analysts are positively wetting themselves over Facebook's decision to open its social graph to the world and create a web-wide “like” button. “Facebook is basically going to be the web,” Slate's Farhad Manjoo tweeted . The move essentially turns browsing the web from a solitary act into...

Mayor Gives Kidney to Facebook Pal

Responded to constituent's 'no match' status update

(Newser) - See, Facebook is good for something: It could score you a much-needed kidney. Connecticut mayor April Capone Almon donated one of hers to a constituent after reading about his plight on the social networking site. Carlos Sanchez was one of her 1600 “friends”—but, as is commonplace in...

Scott Baio, Wife Rant About Jezebel's 'Lesbians'

Renee Baio shows her classy side in Facebook diatribe

(Newser) - Scott Baio seems to enjoy tweeting offensive things and then watching as outrage ensues. The latest controversy started when good old Charles in Charge tweeted that his taxes would pay the way of “lazy non working people,” and Jezebel posted the tweet. Baio wasn’t too happy, calling...

Facebook to Create Web-Wide 'Like' Button

Quest for world domination continues

(Newser) - If you've been trying to avoid getting sucked into Facebook (hi, dad!), it looks like it's going to get a whole lot tougher to do so. In its continued quest for world domination, Facebook will announce plans for a web-wide "Like" button on Wednesday, reports the New York ...

Facebook Photos: The New Porn
Facebook Photos:
The New Porn
Apr 17, 2010 10:24 AM CDT

Facebook Photos: The New Porn

The most common activity is men looking at pictures—of women

(Newser) - Your girlfriends aren't the only ones oohing and aahing over the bikini-clad beach photos you posted on Facebook: the most common activity on the site is men looking at pictures of women. Call it G-rated porn, writes Amanda Marcotte for the Daily Beast , who talked to men who say they...

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