Reminder: Facebook Is Always Tracking You
Ashley Feinberg · 07/02/15 10:40AMEarlier this week, rainbow-faced Facebook users everywhere went into a state of panic over the fact that Facebook “didn’t deny” tracking who was using its new “Celebrate Pride” tool. Panic at the idea that a powerful multibillion-dollar corporation is tracking certain of your behaviors is totally natural, obviously. So get ready to panic a little bit further. Facebook is always tracking you.
Facebook Messenger Is Following You
Sam Biddle · 05/28/15 10:15AMFrat and Sorority Kids Raise Awareness of How Unlikable They Are
Sam Biddle · 05/20/15 11:50AMWhat's the Stupidest Thing You've Seen on Your Facebook Feed?
Aleksander Chan · 05/05/15 02:40PMSheryl Sandberg's Husband Dies Suddenly
Brendan O'Connor · 05/02/15 12:25PMWoman Can Serve Divorce Papers On Facebook After Her Husband Ran Off
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/06/15 06:23PMSeven Extremely NSFW Photos You Are Totally Free to Post to Facebook
Sam Biddle · 03/16/15 02:00PMFacebook just attempted to clarify what you are and are not allowed to share on Facebook without getting your account shut down. The company has gotten some bad press for treating a painting of a nude woman (art, man) the same way it treats hardcore pornography, and in a new blog post that absolutely nobody will read, Facebook says it's aiming to "[provide] more detail and clarity on what is and is not allowed. For example, what exactly do we mean by nudity, or what do we mean by hate speech?"
Facebook Fraudster On the Run After Staging Long Con Escape From Custody
Gabrielle Bluestone · 03/12/15 11:03PMMan Taunts Cops on Facebook. Man Is Arrested. Man Cries.
Aleksander Chan · 03/04/15 01:40PMReport: Facebook Video Shows Toddler Performing Sex Act on Teen Girl
Brendan O'Connor · 02/22/15 06:47PMSouth Carolina Inmates Get Solitary Confinement for Using Facebook
Brendan O'Connor · 02/15/15 05:45PMOver the last three years, South Carolina prison officials have brought more than 400 disciplinary cases against inmates for "social networking," the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports. Penalties in such cases are exorbitant, including time in solitary confinement as well as deprivation of visitation and telephone privileges.
Delta's Hacked Facebook Explains Why Girls Hate Blowjobs
Jay Hathaway · 02/10/15 05:00PMAaron Schock Adviser Quits After Comparing Black People to Zoo Animals
Aleksander Chan · 02/05/15 03:59PMAnother calamity barreling out of Illinois rep. Aaron Schock's office today: Benjamin Cole, Schock's senior adviser for policy and communications, resigned this afternoon after a series of racially-charged Facebook posts—including one in which he compares black people to zoo animals—were obtained and published by ThinkProgress. In another since-deleted post, Cole writes that he "thinks they should build a mosque on the White House grounds," in an apparent dig at Obama.
Illinois Schools Decide They Can Log Into Kids' Social Media Accounts
Jay Hathaway · 01/21/15 10:55AMThat Facebook Copyright Thing Is Still Utterly Meaningless
Jay Hathaway · 01/05/15 04:26PMFacebook Sorry for Making Users Relive Hellish Year With Year in Review
Taylor Berman · 12/28/14 10:25PMFacebook now admits that forcing people to revisit their most Liked and commented upon photos and statuses from the past year might not have been the best idea. This week, the product manager for the social media company's "Year in Review" app apologized to Eric Meyer, whose six-year-old daughter died of brain cancer earlier this year.
You're Not Going to Become Weightless on January 4th
Jay Hathaway · 12/26/14 02:20PMSchool Counselor Threatens to Shoot Mike Brown Protestors, Blames Kid
Hudson Hongo · 12/10/14 12:37AMTeen Girl Arrested for Running High School Prostitution Ring On Facebook
Allie Jones · 11/25/14 10:30AMA 17-year-old Florida girl was arrested Friday for human trafficking after the Venice police department began investigating a high school prostitution ring organized on Facebook. The girl arranged at least one act of prostitution that involved a 15-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man, according to cops.