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“Another four years of this n—–, maybe he will get assassinated this term..!!”
After posting the above on Facebook, a California woman doesn’t understand why the Secret Service got involved. The blacked out part is the n-word. She also lost her job as a result. The interview...
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Romney Facebook page hemorrhaging “likes” with every refresh
Slate has an interesting story up, based on something first reported by the Washington Post, that Mitt Romney’s Facebook page is hemorrhaging fans. All you need do is go visit Romney’s Facebook page,...
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We don’t need Facebook to violate our privacy; we do it to ourselves
You Own What You Post on Facebook Earlier this week, my Facebook homepage was lit up by a series of posts from friends proclaiming that they were no longer subject to Facebook’s litany of privacy...
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Instagram just claimed the right to sell your photos to anyone
People are likely going to be deleting their Instagram accounts in droves, following the news that Instagram is now claiming the right to sell any of your photos to a third party, without giving you a...
View ArticleFacebook would like you to hate it a little bit more
Oh Facebook. First it was the seemingly endless privacy issues. Then it was yesterday’s announce that Instagram, a Facebook property, would soon have the right to sell all of your photos, without...
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Facebook founder’s anti-privacy sister changes tune after personal photo goes...
Once again, I couldn’t be happier that I shut down my Facebook account so many years ago. Randi Zuckerberg — sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who used to be the marketing director of the...
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1/4 of Instagram users may (or may not) have quit since privacy snafu
Multiple sources reported this morning that roughly one quarter of Instagram users had quit the site in response to the controversy surrounding the site’s attempt to make broad changes to its privacy...
View ArticleI have a problem with Facebook’s Zuckerberg hosting a fundraiser for Chris...
When you’re wasting time on Facebook, don’t forget that the boss of the company, Mark Zuckerberg, is funding the destruction of teacher’s unions, and supporting a politician who is strongly against...
View ArticleHigh school sports dad: “I hope someone will shoot up the school really soon!”
The father in question Tweeted this following a high school basketball game. The school district that he threatened has banned him from visiting any of the schools but that may not be enough. Someone...
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Facebook getting a $429m tax refund even though it owes $559m
Despite a bungled IPO, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is still suddenly a billionaire and quite a few Facebook employees are worth a mint. Because of that new found wealth, Facebook uses the tax law to the...
View ArticleIf Web sites were people… (video)
A really well-done video from Cracked about what would happen if famous Web site were actual people. I liked the concept, and was surprised I liked the execution even better. Neat idea.
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Facebook knows you’re gay before you do
Am I the only one creeped out that Facebook is now guessing, sometimes correctly, if its users are gay? In the world of Big Data, our private lives are increasingly becoming intermingled with the...
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Korean twin sisters separated at birth find each other via Facebook
Neat story. About a month ago, some French kids thought that an American actress of Korean descent looked strikingly similar to a Korean-born French friend of theirs, so they showed her the American’s...
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US government is tapping 9 major Internet companies
Yesterday we discovered that Verizon was served in April with a court order to deliver all the metadata on its 121 million customers’ phone use - including your phone number, who you’re calling, where...
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The best answer to PRISM’s abuses is strong cryptography in the hands of the...
Trying to make sense of the official pronouncements about the National Security Agency’s PRISM program is like trying to nail Jello to a wall. First, a quick primer. PRISM is a highly classified NSA...
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Pat Robertson wants Facebook to install a “vomit” button for when he sees gays
Religious right television preacher, and former Republican presidential candidate, Pat Robertson, says he’d like Facebook to change their “like” button to “vomit” so he can push it when he sees...
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Was AT&T’s 9/11 tribute really “that” tacky?
The Internet is up in arms over AT&T’s Facebook commemoration of the September 11 attacks. Personally, I don’t get the anger. AT&T posted a picture of a man’s hand holding up an iPhone showing...
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Facebook says Paris’ renowned Musée d’Orsay “violates community standards”
Facebook today banned mention of a new art exhibition at Paris’ famed Musée d’Orsay impressionism museum, claiming that the exhibit violates Facebook’s “community standards.” Ruh roh. The exhibit in...
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Militia nut openly calls for Obama’s assassination on Facebook
The head of the Christian American Patriots Militia has put out an open call on Facebook for the assassination of President Obama. “We now have authority to shoot Obama, i.e., to kill him,” writes...
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Facebook now offers over 50 genders to choose from in your profile
In a nod to “diversity,” Facebook is now offering users some 50+ different genders to choose from, beyond male and female. 50+ different genders – I counted 54 – are probably going to come as a bit of...
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