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Tag Archives: Facebook

Salman Rushdie Overturns Facebook’s Decision to Call Him “Ahmed Rushdie”

Like many people, Salman Rushdie goes by his middle name, even on Facebook, which prefers, apparently, that folks go by their first. This…
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Highbrow Socialbots Infiltrate Facebook

Scholars at the University of British Columbia created 102 fake Facebook profiles to analyze security weakness of the world’s super social network. The…
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On Facebook, Israel Writes in Arabic to Engage a Contentious Public

The men and women in charge of branding and marketing for Israel’s military are known for their active engagement in social media, but…
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Concerns Raised About Children’s Use of Facebook

Federal laws, the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 comes to mind, prohibit websites from collecting personal info from children younger…
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Facebook Gets Friend.ly, But Will It Also Get Sweet?

At just two years old, Friend.ly has entered the whale’s mouth that is a Facebook acquirement. It seems like a fitting cap for…
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Congressional Bi-Partisan Caucus Throws the Book at Facebook

Is Facebook tracking you without lawful permission? The co-Chairs of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Caucus seem to think so. The concerned and chairing congressmen…
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Backlash to Facebook’s Awesome Timeline

Around the start of summer, Facebook brass kept commenting about a “something awesome” that would soon be unveiled. Well, as of yesterday everybody…
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Twitter’s Coattails Extend With Arrival of Paid Political Ads

Everybody knows that despite this year’s Weiner scandal, Twitter is still really big with politicians as it is with all the usual talking…
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Facebook announces new changes, including Timeline

Today at Facebook F8 conference, which is a conference held by Facebook for developers, Mark Zuckerberg and gang showed off some new upcoing…
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Facebook Introduces Subscribe Button

If you haven’t noticed already, Facebook has added to its suite of features the Subscribe button, a new way for users to filter…
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