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Why Facebook is Tripping With Pot Ban [Censorship]

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

The First Thing You Should Do With Facebook Places: Don’t Let Other People Tag You [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]

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’s Assets Frozen Over Insane Legal Claim [Lawsuits]

A New York Supreme Court justice blocked Facebook from transferring any assets, so a wood pellet distributor from Wellsville, New York can press his case that he’s the real inventor of the social network. This is crazy on many levels. More

Facebook CEO Admits Growth Has Slowed [Business Models]

Facebook’s privacy rollbacks may have pissed off users, but the bottom line has been just fine. That may yet change. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged that the social network’s rapid growth has finally slowed. More

Facebook CEO Makes Executive Slam Smirnoff [Cubicle Culture]

Well, the rumors were true: Mark Zuckerberg is now the latest bro to “ice” another bro. As the attached video proves, the Facebook CEO is the latest participant in the fratty drinking prank known as “icing.” More

Facebook’s New Privacy Controls: The Good and the Shameful [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]

In response to a backlash over its recent privacy rollbacks, Facebook will consolidate its many control panels into a simplified new privacy interface. But users are still pushed to overshare, and still have to opt out of egregious privacy breaches. More

Facebook CEO Is Sorry You’re So Dumb [Social Networks]

Amid mounting criticism over Facebook’s privacy practices, CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued a Washington Post op-ed to apologize for his simpleton users’ inability to understand Facebook. God, how hard can this be, people? More

Facebook Fugitive Caught! An Ode to Generation Overshare’s Folk Hero

After 112 days on the run, Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch—who escaped prison, then taunted the cops on Facebook—has been caught. We will miss him, the man who looked the social-media panopticon in the eye, then raised his middle finger. The Scotland Yard reportedly caught up with Lazie in the British county of Kent, and turned him over to authorities in Bexleyheath , a suburb of London.

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Facebook Fugitive Caught! An Ode to Generation Overshare’s Folk Hero

Facebook Fugitive Apprehended: An Ode to Generation Overshare’s Folk Hero

After 112 days on the run, Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch—who escaped prison, then taunted the cops on Facebook—has been caught. We will miss him, the man who looked the social-media panopticon in the eye, then raised his middle finger

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Facebook Fugitive Apprehended: An Ode to Generation Overshare’s Folk Hero

Facebook’s Great Betrayal

Facebook’s privacy pullback isn’t just outrageous; it’s a landmark turning point for the social network. Facebook has blundered before, but the latest changes are far more calculated.

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Facebook’s Great Betrayal