A UK businessman has won a libel case and $44,000 in damages at London’s High Court after false allegations were made about him on Facebook.Mathew Firsht sued a former friend for creating a bogus profile on the site that featured personal information about him and untrue claims about his sexual orientation.
Facebook Connect Hooks Up With Sites
Logging into Facebook provides access to a variety of other content sites like Digg and Citysearch, with Facebook Connect serving as a single sign-on ID.
Facebook Sues German Competitor
Facebook is suing a German social networking site alleging that it closely copies Facebook’s design and layout.Facebook filed a complaint in California federal court on Friday against studiVZ for copying its look, feel, features and services of Facebook.
Google, Facebook Release iPhone Applications
Whether you love the device or hate it, stories about the iPhone are going to be hard to escape for a few weeks. Google and Facebook appear to fall into that first category, and have added to the hubbub by releasing iPhone-specific applications.
More Action On The Facebook App Front
A cynical person (and/or someone who’s tired of zombies and sheep) might argue that Facebook should ban all applications. The social network hasn’t gone that far, but for the sake of users’ privacy, it has at least shown an encouraging willingness to restrict the things.
Facebook Encountering Setbacks In China
So much for global domination. Less than two weeks after Facebook targeted the Chinese market, users’ problems with its Chinese-language site point to either serious regional outages or government censorship.
Facebook’s Value Is Decreasing
If you’ve forgotten, just nine months ago, Microsoft purchased a 1.6% stake in Facebook for $240 million. Doing the math from that, the total value of Facebook last October was $15B.
Facebook Wins Lawsuit
Social networking site ConnectU sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their idea. They allege he used the source code they hired him to create for their site.
Judge Rules ConnectU Must Honor Facebook Settlement
A federal judge has ruled that ConnectU must honor a legal settlement with Facebook.ConnectU founders had attempted to reopen the lawsuit after they said they found new evidence to support their case that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had stolen source code and ideas from them while they all were attending Harvard.
Judge Closes Facebook-ConnectU Proceedings
Anybody not wanting to hear the details of the Facebook-ConnectU case may be able to sigh with relief. Everyone else might be out of luck. Judge James Ware has closed the first part of the proceedings to both the public and the press.