Student to take legal action against his suspension for Facebook posting

The family of a student from suburban Chicago high school is considering legal action against the school after her son was suspended for something he wrote on his Facebook page.
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New Facebook reminds of AOL in early 90s


Facebook has been making the news almost every week with the launch of a new or updated function or service offering. The more I look at Facebook, the more it reminds me of what AOL offers in the early 90s.
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Privacy complain to FTC against Facebook is made public

A privacy complaint against Facebook in recent calls for “special interest” to the Federal Trade Commission, the agency wrote in a letter on Thursday made public on Tuesday.
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Facebook tracks your every move on the website

An anonymous employee Rumpus Facebook spoke during a visit to Facebook’s headquarters in the summer of 2009. Although the two were personal friends, the employee assumes that chose to remain anonymous for obvious reasons: she is still employed by the social networking site, and can not disclose “trade secrets”. The conversation was quite long however, and revealed a few frightening TidBITS.

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Facebook is becoming a problem for employers at offices in India

Facebook is becoming a problem for employers in the offices in India, and employees have begun to spend so much time on social networking site that is beginning to affect productivity, a new survey has revealed.
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Medical Union warned Doctors from “Facebook Flirt”

The Medical Defense Union, a statutory body for doctors, said that communication through sites like Facebook may be a violation of ethical responsibilities.
He issued the warning after a series of cases in which patients medical proposals after finding their data online.
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Facebook’s latest changes to its newsfeed function has sparked outrage

A Facebook “Change Back to normal” in the group’s website said a little more than a million members, once again, the slope of Facebook for change sparked anger among users who prefer things remain the same.
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A Woman arrested for “Poking” on Facebook


A Hendersonville, Tenn., woman has been arrested for allegedly violating a protective order by putting another woman on Facebook, court records show.
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Facebook cannot keep your private detail safe [BBC Report]

This is a clip from the BBC’s Click 2008 May 3rd edition. They talk about an exploit they have found such that malicious Facebook applications could steal the personal details of all your friends, not just your own details!
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Facebook bans those with funny names

AFTER A childhood of being beaten up in the playground, people with daft names are now having their Facebook book accounts suspended.
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