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Facebook Kicks Off 20,000 Underage Users Daily From the Site

Mar 23, 2011 1:19 PM CDT

Facebook Dumps 20K Underage Users Daily

US, Australian lawmakers voice privacy concerns

(Newser) - Facebook kicks 20,000 users under the age of 13 off the site daily, its privacy chief told Australian officials. “There are people who lie,” he said, adding that the site’s methods of catching them aren’t “perfect,” reports Australia’s Daily Telegraph . Almost half...

25% of Young Professionals Want to Work for Google

survey says

Mar 21, 2011 7:15 AM CDT

25% of Young Professionals Want to Work for Google

Other hot would-be employers: Apple, Disney, State Department

(Newser) - We're guessing "job openings" is a popular Google search term: Nearly 25% of young professionals would like to work for Google, according to a new survey. It was by far the most popular would-be employer, reports the Wall Street Journal . Apple snatched second place, followed by Walt Disney, the...

South Carolina Goes After Facebooking Prisoners

Mar 20, 2011 3:09 PM CDT

South Carolina Goes After Facebooking Prisoners

Would tack 30 days on to the sentence of those found updating their status, etc.

(Newser) - It doesn't seem too hard to get access to a cellphone in prisons these days (see here and here )—and, by extension, update one's Facebook status. And South Carolina has had enough. The state is hoping to be the first in the nation to make in-prison status updates a...

How the Facebook Game CityVille Sucked in a Hardcore Gamer

How CityVille
Sucked In a
Hardcore Gamer

Mar 19, 2011 2:55 PM CDT

How CityVille Sucked In a Hardcore Gamer

Online game's accessibility and simplicity turns busy man into addict

(Newser) - The online city-planning game CityVille is meant for “casual gamers,” and there are plenty of them: 92 million active monthly users, to be exact. But such simple gameplay and basic graphics would turn off any sophisticated player, right? Wrong—as JP Mangalindan, writing in Fortune , found out. A...

Facebook Wedding Pics
Bring Down Polygamist

Mar 18, 2011 2:47 PM CDT

Facebook Wedding Pics Bring Down Polygamist

Wife was confused when her husband defriended her

(Newser) - Facebook is emerging as the bane of criminals ( see here ), and the latest feather in the social network's cap involves a not-so-stealthy case of possible polygamy. A Michigan man was charged with polygamy after his Rhode Island wife found Facebook photos of his wedding to another woman, Michigan...

Facebook
Status Halts
Armed Robbery

Mar 18, 2011 9:29 AM CDT

Facebook Status Halts Armed Robbery

Phoneless victim posts update as burglars search house

(Newser) - A student in Georgia helped thwart an armed robbery in his house, thanks to quick thinking—and Facebook. When the University of Georgia sophomore heard his grandmother scream, he opened his door to see “three hooded guys like all masked in black,” he says. “I grabbed my...

EU Plans New Privacy Crackdown on Facebook, Social Networks

EU Demands Better Privacy
for Facebook Users

Mar 17, 2011 11:14 AM CDT

EU Demands Better Privacy for Facebook Users

New rules will call for improvements on social networking sites

(Newser) - The EU is demanding enhanced privacy on Facebook and other social networking sites, calling for a “right to be forgotten." The justice commissioner will unveil rules before summer demanding, among other things, that strict privacy settings be the default for users. Sites like Facebook “can't think they're...

Teen Cancels Sweet 16 After 200K RSVP on Facebook

Mar 15, 2011 7:09 PM CDT

Teen Cancels Sweet 16 After 200K RSVP on Facebook

Australian girl's Facebook invite goes viral

(Newser) - An Australian teen had to cancel her 16th birthday party after her invitation went viral on Facebook—and attracted nearly 200,000 declared guests, reports AFP via Yahoo News. The trouble began when the girl posted an item to tell friends that all were welcome to stop by her house,...

John Paul Hits Facebook

Mar 12, 2011 7:37 AM CST

John Paul Hits Facebook

Part of Vatican's social-networking push

(Newser) - Sure, Pope John Paul II is set to be beatified, but now he's even on Facebook. The Vatican, continuing its efforts to get hip with the kids, is unveiling a Facebook page to hype the late pope's May 1 beatification, featuring video highlights of his 27 years as pontiff. The...

How to Beat
'Facebook Envy'

Meghan Daum

Mar 10, 2011 1:50 PM CST

How to Beat 'Facebook Envy'

Meghan Daum: Look at your page; maybe you're not such a loser after all

(Newser) - A recent Stanford study has brought the phrase "Facebook envy" into the vernacular, notes Meghan Daum. Essentially, people tend to think everyone else is way happier than themselves, a notion particularly reinforced by the site. Spend enough time cruising through all those oh-so-joyful photos and announcements posted by others,...

Activist: Using
a Pen Name
Got Me Booted
Off Facebook

Mar 10, 2011 9:30 AM CST

Activist: Using a Pen Name Got Me Booted Off Facebook

...but Zuckerberg's dog can have a page?

(Newser) - Michael Anti is a well-known Chinese journalist and activist with nearly 36,000 Twitter followers—but since Anti is not the name he was born with, Facebook closed his account on the basis that he wasn’t using his real name. Anti, born Zhao Jing, has used the pen name...

Carlos Slim Tops
Billionaires List

Mar 10, 2011 5:02 AM CST

Carlos Slim Tops Billionaires List

Mexican tycoon world's richest man with $74 billion

(Newser) - Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world for the second year running, according to Forbes' latest list of billionaires . The 71-year-old Slim, now worth an estimated $74 billion, widened the gap with No. 2 Bill Gates thanks to some canny business moves last year, including...

'Mediocre' Facebook Following AOL's Path

OPINION

Mar 9, 2011 1:51 PM CST

'Mediocre' Facebook Following AOL's Path

Sam Biddle: It's trying 'to be' the Internet, just like AOL did—badly

(Newser) - So now we'll be able to watch movies on Facebook. And play Angry Birds . And pretty much everything else, the way things are going. "Facebook is reaching its tendrils into every single thing we like about the Internet, far, far beyond the actual reasons we rolled up to Zuckerberg's...

Why Some Girls
Post More Photos
on Facebook

Mar 8, 2011 1:18 PM CST

Why Some Girls Post More Photos on Facebook

It's all about self worth: study

(Newser) - It took a scientific study for us to understand why some girls post more photos on Facebook than others: Women who base their self worth on their appearance share more pictures online. And those photos are likely seen by more friends, as these females maintain larger social networks, too, finds...

Politician Sues Facebook Over Election Loss

Mar 8, 2011 11:12 AM CST

Politician Sues Facebook Over Election Loss

Majed Moughni is angry the site shut down his page

(Newser) - Majed Moughni lost Michigan’s Republican primary, denying him the chance to go up against incumbent Rep. John Dingell, who just so happens to be the longest-serving member of Congress. And Moughni blames just one entity for his loss: Facebook. The attorney is suing the social networking site—not for...

New to
Facebook:
Movie Rentals

Mar 8, 2011 8:18 AM CST

New to Facebook: Movie Rentals

Warner Bros service launches with Dark Knight

(Newser) - Look out Netflix? Warner Bros. has decided to test out a movie rental service on Facebook, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Anyone who "likes" The Dark Knight will be able to spend 30 Facebook credits, meaning $3, to stream the movie to their computer, where it'll be viewable for...

Angry Birds
Coming to
Facebook

Mar 8, 2011 5:41 AM CST

Angry Birds Coming to Facebook

Company cooking up social features for smash hit

(Newser) - Angry Birds has already conquered the smartphone market and the hugely popular game is now launching itself toward Facebook, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Analysts are skeptical that the puzzle-based game—in which players use a slingshot to fling birds at pigs—will be a good fit, but makers say...

Facebook Cited in
1 in 5 Divorces

Mar 3, 2011 4:29 PM CST

Facebook Cited in 1 in 5 Divorces

Lawyers see rise in social networks as evidence

(Newser) - Couples cite Facebook in one out of five US divorces, say Loyola University researchers —and 81% of divorce lawyers report a rise in cases using social networks as evidence, ZDNet reports. For cases that do make use of online evidence, Facebook is by far the biggest source, according to...

Egypt Army
Ousts PM on
Facebook

Mar 3, 2011 8:10 AM CST

Egypt Army Ousts PM on Facebook

Former transport minister Essam Sharaf to form new government

(Newser) - Egypt’s military has “decided to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq,” the Supreme Council of Armed Forces announced in a Facebook post today. A spokesman then confirmed the move for Al Jazeera . Shafiq, who was hand-picked by Hosni Mubarak just before his ouster, will be...

Fake Soldiers Scam Facebook Users

Feb 28, 2011 2:02 PM CST