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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Visits Poland

David Cohen — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:31:19 +0000

When does a “spontaneous” one-day holiday to Warsaw, Poland, turn into a meeting with the country’s minister for administrative affairs and digitization? When you happen to be Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Ireland Agency Gives Facebook Thumbs Up On Compliance With Privacy Recommendations

David Cohen — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:36 +0000

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland hit the like button when reporting on Facebook’s compliance with its privacy recommendations to the social network from December 2011.

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Washington State Passes Bill Protecting Facebook Passwords Of Employees, Job Applicants

David Cohen — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:21:21 +0000

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Tuesday that bans employers from demanding that employees or job candidates surrender their passwords to Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, as well as from requiring employees to add managers as friends or contacts, AP reported.

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REPORT: Teens Still Use Facebook (And Can Master Privacy Settings)

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:26 +0000

Yes, teenagers use Facebook. And although whether or not they’ll be using Facebook in a few years remains to be seen, the site does have a considerable presence among high-school students. The Pew Research Center recently examined how teens use social media, finding that they don’t like drama and having their parents connected to them, but they stay on Facebook because it plays a key part in the social experience. However, Facebook’s youngest users tend to have no problem configuring privacy settings.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Before Posting Facebook Photos, Ask Yourselves, ‘Should I Upload It?’

David Cohen — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:29 +0000

It seems that for every one of the roughly 300 million photos uploaded to Facebook each day, users can find corresponding words of advice on how to manage their photos on the social network.

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People Aren’t Stealing Your Facebook Photos: A Lesson In Privacy

Guest Writer — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:22 +0000

A new rumor has been sweeping Facebook — that people are stealing photos of users’ children and posting them to a page called “Infancy.” The status that I saw — which had been shared 600 times back then and more than 3,500 times at the time of writing — claimed that “loads of local kids” were shown, including the author’s own, and demanded the removal of the page. But here’s the deal: The page was automatically generated by Facebook, like this one about rock climbing or this one about food. In fact, above the photographs, it even said, “photos of my friends and infancy.”

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7 Tips On Protecting Your Password, From Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan

David Cohen — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:12:17 +0000

Coinciding with National Cyber Security Awareness Week in Australia this week, Facebook Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan published a note on the Facebook Security page urging users to take steps to protect their passwords for the social network, and offering seven tips on how to do so.

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Facebook Pushes Online Safety For LGBT Community

David Cohen — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:53:55 +0000

Facebook continues to look out for its users who are part of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community, using a post on its Facebook Safety page to promote “What LGBT Communities Should Know About Online Safety,” a tip sheet from the LGBT Technology Partnership, Stop Think Connect, and the National Cyber Security Alliance.

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The Daily Beast Temporarily Banned From Facebook Due To Painting Featuring Bea Arthur’s Breasts

David Cohen — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:02:22 +0000

With more than 350 million photos per day being added to Facebook, the social network’s huge work load of content moderation will inevitably result in a few mistakes being made, but Bea Arthur’s breasts likely are not high on the list of potential reasons for discipline. Yet that’s exactly what happened to The Daily Beast.

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Child Safety Groups Take Aim At Instagram

David Cohen — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:46:38 +0000

Facebook-owned photo-sharing network Instagram is under fire from advocates for children’s safety, with more than 4,500 signatures having been collected on a petition on Change.org that calls for Instagram to make the default settings private for users aged 13 through 17, and not geotag- and geolocation-enabled.

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WARNING: Malware Targets Brazil’s Facebook Users

David Cohen — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:28:05 +0000

Microsoft discovered malware aimed at obtaining Facebook users’ login information and taking over their accounts, and the new malware strain, Trojan:JS/Febipos.A, has been delivered in the form of extensions for Google Chrome and add-ons for Firefox. The only good news is that it appears to have been discovered only in Brazil thus far.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Teen Safety On Facebook From The Point Of View Of Parents, Employers

David Cohen — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:40:50 +0000

There is no shortage of advice for younger users on Facebook, but if the same mistakes weren’t being made, the same type of advice wouldn’t be so valuable. The latest rendition comes from Mobistealth, which tailored its advice on the topic to parents and employers.

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10 Facebook Mistakes For Graduates To Avoid

David Cohen — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:14:02 +0000

McAfee Internet Security Expert Robert Siciliano shared his list of 10 mistakes graduates should avoid on social networks in a post on McAfee blog, pointing out that the security company’s Love, Relationships, and Technology study found that 13.7 percent of respondents aged 18 through 24 knew someone who lost their job due to images or messaged that were publicly posted.

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Avast Acquires Facebook App Security Firm Secure.me

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:53:54 +0000

Secure.me, a watchdog for Facebook application security, has been acquired by Avast Software, a popular antivirus software company. Secure.me has connected with 90 million Facebook profiles around the world, alerting users to how much information their apps are taking.

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Facebook’s 1Q Lobbying Tab: $2.45M

David Cohen — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:09 +0000

You can’t get to 1.11 billion friends without spending a few dollars: Consumer Watchdog reported that the social network spent $2.45 million on lobbying efforts during the first quarter of 2013, up a whopping 277 percent from $650,000 in the year-earlier period.

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