What Is Facebook's CEO Trying To Hide?

Mark Zuckerberg said society has loosened up about privacy. But the Facebook CEO was talking about his users; now that he's a defendant in a New York lawsuit, Zuckerberg is calling for stronger privacy protections. More »

Facebook Alternative 'Diaspora' Launches Next Month

Diaspora, the open-source, privacy-minded social network, has great online buzz, thanks to $200,000 in start-up funds raised exclusively through Kickstarter and a dirty nerdy joke they slipped past the Times. Now, a launch date is set: September 15th. [Wired]

Facebook: No One Else Can Be a 'Book'

If you're planning on setting up any kind of online community for your business — and who isn't these days? — know that Facebook has begun suing to protect "the distinctive BOOK portion" of its trademark, starting with Teachbook.com. More »

The 100-Name Facebook Hit List Terrifying a Colombian Town

On August 17, a list of the names of 69 young men in Puerto Asis, Colombia was published on Facebook. Leave town in three days, the list warned, or you will be executed. Now, three of the men are dead. More »

The Coke and Tits Stay in the Facebook Picture

After tense, months-long talks with Facebook executives, filmmakers behind Facebook flick The Social Network have decided to keep a scene involving cocaine and boobs. Did Facebook finally realize it will never again look this sexy? More »

Why Facebook Is Tripping With Its Pot Ban

Facebook abruptly removed ads for pot legalization group Just Say Now, saying the ads' marijuana leaves might encourage Facebook members to try toking. A social network founded on college campuses can't really think its users are strangers to pot. More »

North Korea Calls Gay Dating Profile a Capitalist Dirty Trick

North Korea was recently discovered to have both a whore-obsessed Twitter account and a Facebook page soliciting hot man on man communal love. Or maybe not: The regime says its sexy profiles are, uh, tricks of the capitalist running dogs. More »

Why Did Mark Zuckerberg Make Himself Unblockable on Facebook? (Updated)

What do you do if you're the CEO of a company faced with persistent privacy concerns? If you're Mark Zuckerberg, you make it so users of your service can't block you. Mark Zuckerberg recently, mysteriously, became unblockable on Facebook. More »

How Not to Creep Out Your Friends Using Facebook Places

Maybe you're one of the people who are completely comfortable with Facebook Places, Facebook's new location-broadcasting feature. Maybe you can't wait to start tagging all your friends wherever you hang out. Stop! Think! Don't be a creep! More »

Facebook Upset that The Social Network Has Fictional Cocaine-and-Boobs Party Scene

Facebook's ideal Facebook movie is one which depicts Mark Zuckerberg coding alone in his dorm room, the action climaxing in a bathroom break. But The Social Network has cocaine and boobs. What happened to Hollywood's age-old defense of the truth? More »

North Korea Only Has 65 Friends on Facebook and Is Gay

Exciting news, comrades: Our Facebook friendship with North Korea is "awaiting confirmation." The North Korean government has apparently set up an official Facebook page. But they only have 65 friends. And North Korea is gay? More »

If You Still Haven't Changed Your Facebook Places Privacy Settings, Do It Now

We've already told you how to disable (or enable) the feature in Facebook Places which allows other users to tag you at a location. Do this now! If you don't take any action, you're left in a confusing privacy limbo. More »

The First Thing You Should Do With Facebook Places: Don't Let Other People Tag You

So, everyone's excited about the new Facebook Places, right? The Facebook service that lets you check-in, Foursquare style, at whatever hip Sushi bar/bicycle repair shop you happen to be in. Oh, and also other people can check you in, too. More »

Facebook CEO Loses His Voice

Mark Zuckerberg's email ghostwriter has ditched him. Who is going apologize for the Facebook CEO's privacy sins now? More »

The $3,000 Check That Supposedly Bought Billions in Facebook Equity

When we last left the story about the upstate New York man who is claiming he owns 84% of Facebook (Paul Ceglia), we had concluded that the digital "contract" Ceglia had produced was probably a fake. More »

Man Arrested for Incredibly Idiotic Use of Facebook

A Florida man was arrested for twice "friending" his estranged wife on Facebook in violation of a domestic protection order. So not worth it. And there's no way she'd "friend" back given what the guy wrote on his wall. More »

Mark Zuckerberg Is Preparing for War

There's a melodramatic "war" brewing between Facebook and Google, and Facebook's CEO is seizing the opportunity to squeeze more work from his engineers, declaring a "lockdown," keeping the office open on weekends, and putting a neon sign on his door. More »

How an Army of Junkies and Kids Enriches Tech Titans

The company behind Farmville is sealing a deal with Google and has been embraced by Apple and Facebook. That such companies would associate themselves with the exploitation of children and financially depleted addicts is alarming, even in hyper-aggressive Silicon Valley. More »

Facebook Movie Parody Reveals YouTube's Bloody Origins

In this chilling parody of the trailer for the upcoming Facebook movie The Social Network, we learn just how ruthless YouTube's founders were. They threw punches, made threats—even Keyboard Cat was in the line of fire. More »

Facebook Brags About Its Wealth and Power

Your personal data is making Facebook insanely rich, and the social network would like you to know that: Facebook executives just told Bloomberg the company's advertising sales are exploding and that they plan to go on a big buying spree. More »