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Hackers Mess With Gawker Over Story

Writer, wife harassed on Facebook

(Newser) - Internet hangout 4chan continues to seek revenge against Gawker for reporting on it, yesterday attacking not only the site but also Ryan Tate, the Gawker staffer who wrote the article, and Tate's wife. Users of 4chan's /b/ forum inundated Gawker's servers with traffic and spammed staffers' email accounts to punish...

Facebook Boots 'Sex Addict'
 Facebook Boots 'Sex Addict' 
Jul 21, 2010 4:18 AM CDT

Facebook Boots 'Sex Addict'

But he slips back on posing as a woman

(Newser) - A self-described "sex addict" says he's been blocked from using Facebook after meeting some 300 of the 1,500 women he has bedded on the social networking site. Former British miner Clive Worth, 60, says he's been booted from the site 4 times. But Worth has slipped back onto...

Palin Screws Up Geography
 Palin Screws Up Geography 
Jul 20, 2010 7:39 AM CDT

Palin Screws Up Geography

Says Kodiak, Alaska is biggest island in US; Hawaii pissed

(Newser) - OK, so this isn’t anywhere near as bad as thinking Africa was a country , but Sarah Palin has messed up her geography once again. In a Facebook post endorsing New Hampshire Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte, Palin said she was headed to Kodiak, Alaska, “America’s largest island.”...

Dead Users' Ghosts Haunt Facebook

With more older users, site struggles with death

(Newser) - Lately Facebook has been suggesting that members contact the dead. The social networking site isn't recommending a seance—its software is just having trouble distinguishing living members from those who've died, making features like birthday reminders and suggestions to get in touch with particular friends increasingly awkward as more older...

Facebook Wants User Stories for 500M Milestone

Half-billionth member expected to join next week

(Newser) - Another milestone falls next week for Facebook when the 500 millionth member is expected to join. To mark the occasion, the site is collecting "Facebook Stories" from users about how the site affected their lives, reports the All Things Digital blog of the Wall Street Journal. The stories (submit...

Sociologist: MySpace 'White Flight' Boosted Facebook

The choice became 'racialized,' she says

(Newser) - Facebook's trouncing of MySpace is rooted in race, writes sociologist Danah Boyd in an upcoming book. (GigaOm has the draft of a key chapter in PDF form here .) Boyd says young people began leaving MySpace in droves in 2007 (she quotes one complaining it became ghetto") and likens...

Facebook Hit With 'Truth About Coke' Scam

Whatever you do, don't click on 'horrific video'

(Newser) - If one of your Facebook friends posts a link to a video that promises to reveal “the TRUTH about Coke!!!” do NOT click on it. The link has been spreading around Facebook, accompanied by a message that reads, “I am part of the 98.0% of people...

Trailer for Facebook Movie Arrives

'Social Network' looks to be a dramatic comedy

(Newser) - The full trailer for the hype-heavy Facebook movie is on the web. The tease for The Social Network is "clearly aiming to be a dramatic movie and it’s actually looking like something worth watching," writes Nick O'Neil at All Facebook . If the clips are any indication, Facebook...

Mom Accused of Sleeping With Teen Daughter's Friends

Girl reportedly walked in on mom, teen boy

(Newser) - A Chicago-area mother of three has been arrested, and accused of having sex with three teenage boys. Cathleen Miller, 40, allegedly bought booze and marijuana for her daughter’s male 14- and 15-year-old friends, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The alleged affairs came spilling into the open when the daughter walked...

Facebook Won't Remove Fan Page for Murderer

British PM can't understand sympathy for 'callous' killer

(Newser) - Facebook says it won't remove a fan page honoring Raoul Moat —a Briton who killed one person and shot two others before killing himself—despite the objections of British leaders. "It is absolutely clear that Raoul Moat was a callous murderer," said PM David Cameron. ''There should...

Vaseline Offers Facebook App to Whiten Skin in Photos

It's pushing creams for men in India

(Newser) - Our PhotoShopped world: A new Facebook app offered by Vaseline in India lets people whiten their skin in their photos to see how they'd look in a lighter shade. The company is pushing a line of skin whitening creams for men and using Bollywood actor Shahid Kapur as pitchman, reports...

Trendy Kombucha Vanishes Over Alcohol Worries

Fans lament trendy tea's absence

(Newser) - It's a fermented, pungent tea, but it's the alcohol that can lurk inside of kombucha that's causing a stink. In the past month, the ancient and trendy tea has vanished from the shelves of Whole Foods and other retailers as the government tests raw kombucha to determine whether it should...

Palin: Stop Calling Tea Party Racist
 Palin: Stop Calling 
 Tea Party Racist 
FACEBOOK RANTS
Jul 14, 2010 8:44 AM CDT

Palin: Stop Calling Tea Party Racist

Ex-governor takes aim at NAACP

(Newser) - The NAACP’s accusation that the Tea Party movement “ harbors racist elements ” got Sarah Palin so fired up that she had to write a Facebook post. “All decent Americans abhor racism,” she wrote , and with the election of Barack Obama “we, as a united people,...

Stupid Facebook Updates That Should Never Happen

'I hate my job' and other ill-advised postings

(Newser) - Common sense seems like a simple premise when deciding what your next Facebook post should be; unfortunately, not everyone has this ability when rushing blindly into the virtual world. This article at All Facebook provides some good (live examples) of Facebook posts that you should never make. A few REAL...

Fans Lament Fall of the Barefoot Bandit

Thousands still pulling for Harris-Moore to 'stick it to the man'

(Newser) - US and Bahamas law enforcement may be thrilled that Colton Harris-Moore's two-year crime spree has ended in capture, but more than 85,000 online fans of the Barefoot Bandit are still rooting for him. "Stick it to the man," one fan wrote on a Facebook page devoted to...

NY Investor: Facebook Is Mine

He says he put up early $1K for 84% of company

(Newser) - A New York investor who is arguing he owns 84% of Facebook because of a financial arrangement with founder Mark Zuckerberg has blocked a planned transfer of company assets. A judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the transfer until the court can decide the merit of the case....

Facebook Agrees to Panic Button

Measure on UK site aims to fight online predators

(Newser) - Conceding to pressure from child protection advocates, Facebook has agreed to put a "panic button" on every page of its site in the UK. The button, aimed at children and teenagers, will send an alert to both Facebook and a government child protection agency. The agency had called for...

Facebook's Fastest Growing Games

FrontierVille leads the way by a mile

(Newser) - AllFacebook runs down the 10 fastest growing Facebook games. Click here for the full list, or for a sampling:
  1. FrontierVille: By far. It added 3.7 million users this week alone; it's from Zynga, the maker of FarmVille, which is heavily pushing it.
  2. Millionaire City: It added 800,000 users
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How to Serve a Subpoena to Mark Zuckerberg

Pretend you really want an autograph

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg got a surprise with his lunch: a subpoena and the phrase, "You've been served," reports the New York Post . No word yet on what the lawsuit is about, though the Post thinks privacy issues is a good bet. The server had to get creative, given that...

10 Celebs Who Rule Facebook

 10 Celebs Who 
 Rule Facebook 
yep, vin diesel
Jul 10, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

10 Celebs Who Rule Facebook

Vin Diesel, Linkin Park have a lot more friends than you do

(Newser) - We know Lady Gaga and President Obama have plenty of fans (more than 10 million, though the leader of the free world actually trails the singer). Here are some other surprising social media mavens, singled out by Time , along with their number of fans (as of Thursday) and a taste...

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