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Facebook Blocking Pages With 'Palestinian' in Title

Zuck might want to fix automated censorship issue

(Newser) - For reasons still unknown, Facebook is blocking pages with the word “Palestinian” in the title. Rex Brynen discovered that when trying to create a page for the Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet , only to receive an error message indicating that the title violates Facebook’s “Pages Guidelines.” Brynen experimented...

5 Ways Facebook Could Fail

 5 Ways Facebook 
 Could Fail 
Jul 25, 2010 5:11 AM CDT

5 Ways Facebook Could Fail

How the giant may be slain

(Newser) - Facebook, which this week welcomed its 500 millionth user , is the undisputed king of the Internet. But, warns Ryan Singel on Wired , other giants (think: Friendster, Geocities) have fallen. Here are some of Facebook's potential foes:
  • Open Sourcing—New ventures like Diaspora, OneSocialWeb, the Appleseed Project, and WebFinger are experimenting
...

'Barefoot Bandit' Was Hungry, Beaten Baby Thief

 'Barefoot Bandit' 
 Was a Hungry, 
 Beaten Kid 
 Thief 
BEGINNINGS OF A LEGEND
Jul 22, 2010 3:49 AM CDT

'Barefoot Bandit' Was a Hungry, Beaten Kid Thief

He stole to survive a hard-scrabble life

(Newser) - The busted Facebook-glamorous "Barefoot Bandit" started life as a pitiable little boy, beaten and hungry, who turned to thieving as a way to survive, the New York Times reports. Colton Harris-Moore lived a hard-scrabble life in a squalid trailer on a dead-end road less than an hour from Seattle,...

What Outrage? Privacy-Busting Facebook Hits 500M Users

Site welcomes 500 millionth user

(Newser) - Facebook spent the last six months pissing off users , and what do they get? More users! Though the social network sparked outrage by changing its privacy settings and appropriating user data , Zuckerberg & Co. are stronger than ever, writes Ryan Tate on Gawker , noting that yesterday the site welcomed...

Facebook Flunks Customer Satisfaction Survey

Only MySpace has a lower rating

(Newser) - Facebook may have a ton of users, but they apparently don’t like Facebook very much. The social media giant scored a dismal 64 out of 100 on the latest American Customer Service Index, which included social networking sites for the first time this year. That makes it the second...

Facebook 'Unsure' if Zuck Sold Site Years Ago

Case appears before judge for the first time

(Newser) - A lawyer for Facebook says she’s “unsure” whether a freshman Mark Zuckerberg signed away the rights to the site for $1,000. New York investor Paul Ceglia produced a contract in court yesterday that he said Zuckerberg had signed back in 2003, giving Ceglia a growing stake in...

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...

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