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News Corp. on verge of Myspace sale: WSJ

Loic Venance Yahoo! News 06/28/2011
'We didn't mean to track you' says Facebook as social network giant admits to 'bugs' in new privacy row

Facebook has admitted that it has been watching the web pages its members visit – even when they have logged out.

News Corp. on verge of Myspace sale: WSJ

News Corp. is on the verge of selling Myspace and a deal could include laying off more than half of the troubled social network's staff, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media

Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain The Guardian 03/17/2011
Facebook loses 6 million users in US, 1.5 million in Canada

Is Facebook’s reign as the king of social networking coming to an end? Facebook, known for its meteoric rise in popularity, lost 1.5 million users in Canada in May. Facebook also reported a loss of approximately 6 million users in the United States in the same month.

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media

The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda.

Pope warns of alienation risk in social networks

Philip Pullella Reuters 01/24/2011

Website aims to be Facebook for gays in military

Terrine Friday Reuters 01/02/2011
Pope warns of alienation risk in social networks

Pope Benedict gave a qualified blessing to social networking on Monday, praising its potential but warning that online friendships are no substitute for real human contact.

Website aims to be Facebook for gays in military

After nearly two decades of hearing "don't ask, don't tell," gay U.S. military men and women are now hearing, "do ask, do tell," and even, "find a friend" from a new social network website, Out Military.

News Corp weighs MySpace options

Yinka Adegoke and Jennifer Saba Reuters 11/29/2010
News Corp weighs MySpace options

News Corp is open to a sale of beleaguered MySpace after a relaunch of the social network as an entertainment site, Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey told Reuters.

Israel army using Facebook to catch draft-dodgers

Up to 1,000 Israeli women who tried to avoid military service by pretending to be religious have been caught out through their Facebook accounts, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.

Huntington Beach is considering a new tactic against drunk driving: public shaming on Facebook.

Facebook's email service is about capturing the next generation of web users

Facebook's new email service isn't designed for tech writers or adults – it's about the next generation of messengers and locking in tomorrow's advertising demographics


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