Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington has a post announcing that his company is suing Facebook for $25 million for allowing "advertisers to post ads using my picture and name to endorse their products without my explicit permission."
Man Cleared Of Facebook Harassment Charges
A UK man from Birmingham has had harassment charges dismissed over his contacting of an ex-girlfriend on Facebook. The case is thought to be a first in the UK involving a social networking site.
Google Director Finds His Way To Facebook
Somewhere in California, a printer of business cards is grateful to Ethan Beard. Beard is transitioning from Google (where he worked as the director of social media) to Facebook (to serve as the director of business development).
Problems With Facebook’s New Privacy Measures
As promised yesterday, Facebook has announced new privacy measures. The new features include long-sought for privacy controls based on friend lists (which were introduced in December).
Student Won’t Be Expelled Over Facebook Study Group
A freshman at Ryerson University in Toronto has been cleared of cheating allegations for setting up a Facebook study group and will not be expelled from school.A disciplinary panel at Ryerson has ruled that first year engineering student Chris Avenir should not be expelled for being the administrator of a Facebook study group for chemistry started last fall and has restored his passing grade in the course.
Facebook Acquiring IM Service?
I take one weekend off the Internet, and everything goes crazy. Can’t you people get on without me?
Is Creating a Facebook Study Group Cheating?
An 18 year old freshman at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, could be expelled his first year of college because of a Facebook group he was the administrator of. Facebook started as a way for college students to network online and Chris Avenir used is as a virtual study group for his chemistry class. Now he faces charges of academic misconduct and could be kicked out of the university.
Phony Facebook Profile Lands Man In Jail
A Moroccan computer engineer has been sentenced to prison for three years for creating a phony Facebook profile that impersonated a member of the country’s royal family.The sentence was handed down on Friday by a court in Casablanca, which found the 26 year old, Fouad Mourtada guilty of "usurping the identity of of HRH Prince Moulay Rachid." The court also fined Mourtada $1,300.
Has Facebook Peaked?
It’s one thing when it appears that Facebook has lost numbers in Britain. Facebook wasn’t alone. Social networking in general was down in that one country, where habits have never exactly been a mirror of the larger situation. Bebo, for example, is still relatively unknown in the States.
Facebook Launches Site In Spanish
For the first time Facebook is making its site available in a language other than English. The social networking site will now be available in Spanish.