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Colbert Rips Facebook/Google for Selling Us Out

'They're mining our privacy for profits'

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert managed to get serious yesterday as he blasted the "invasive" personal data mining undertaken by Google and Facebook to "sell our private lives to the highest bidder." The harsh dig came at the end of a long hilarious riff about how Facebook users now must...

Unblockable Zuckerberg Story Is BS, Says Facebook

Happens to users blocked 'large number of times'

(Newser) - This morning started out as Everybody Pile on Zuck Day, with the media (including your favorite site, Newser) reporting that Mark Zuckerberg is the only Facebook user who absolutely, positively cannot be blocked . Not so, according to a "Facebook spokesperson" (from the appropriately named " OutCast PR ")....

You Can't Block Zuckerberg
 You Can't Block Zuckerberg 
Aug 23, 2010 6:32 AM CDT

You Can't Block Zuckerberg

Why not? It's a mystery

(Newser) - If you’re creeped out by Mark Zuckerberg and his apparently insatiable desire to know exactly where you are and what you’re doing , you could always just block him on Facebook, right? Wrong. As BlockZuck.com points out, the Zuck appears to be the only Facebook user who can’...

Facebook Pushed for Big Changes to Movie

Executives are ignoring it publicly, fighting it privately

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg and crew are taking a ho-hum attitude in public about the upcoming Facebook movie the Social Network, save for a few comments here and there about how it distorts reality. Things are much more tense in private, reports the New York Times , which describes behind-the-scenes contacts between Facebook...

How to Disable Facebook's Places

Location-based feature is opt-in—here's how to opt out

(Newser) - Facebook has unveiled its long-awaited Places feature , as usual assuming that all users will be thrilled to "take part in all of their privacy-eroding new features," writes Adam Dachis at Lifehacker . Luckily, "it's pretty easy to opt out of this one," he says, assuming you're not...

Lawsuit Guy 'Forgot' He Owned Facebook
Lawsuit Guy 'Forgot' He Owned Facebook
TIL HE GOT ARRESTED
Aug 2, 2010 12:15 PM CDT

Lawsuit Guy 'Forgot' He Owned Facebook

Also, Zuckerberg was lazy, but Ceglia might hire him to run company

(Newser) - Why did Paul Ceglia wait seven years to file his lawsuit alleging that he owns 84% of Facebook? Because, he explains to Bloomberg , he’d forgotten he owned it. But when he was arrested for defrauding customers of his wood-pellet business he went through his old files and—what luck!...

Zuckerberg Hates Privacy, So Gawker Invades His
 Zuckerberg 
 Hates Privacy, 
 So Gawker 
 Invades His 
in case you missed it
Aug 1, 2010 3:35 PM CDT

Zuckerberg Hates Privacy, So Gawker Invades His

Young billionaire gets the 'paparazzi treatment'

(Newser) - Because Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg isn't a huge fan of others' privacy , Gawker is testing how he feels about his own. A photographer followed him around Silicon Valley for a week to give him the "paparazzi treatment," snapping photos of him hanging out with friends and family and, all...

Facebook Won't Allow Users Named 'Arab'

Ooops: Automated filter blocks common name

(Newser) - Facebook’s automated filters appear to be preventing anyone with the last name “Arab”—a fairly common Palestinian surname—from opening an account. A tipster told Gawker about the bug, and the site quickly verified it with a number of test accounts. The tipster added that her husband...

5 Ways Facebook Could Fail

 5 Ways Facebook 
 Could Fail 
Jul 25, 2010 5:11 AM CDT

5 Ways Facebook Could Fail

How the giant may be slain

(Newser) - Facebook, which this week welcomed its 500 millionth user , is the undisputed king of the Internet. But, warns Ryan Singel on Wired , other giants (think: Friendster, Geocities) have fallen. Here are some of Facebook's potential foes:
  • Open Sourcing—New ventures like Diaspora, OneSocialWeb, the Appleseed Project, and WebFinger are experimenting
...

What Outrage? Privacy-Busting Facebook Hits 500M Users

Site welcomes 500 millionth user

(Newser) - Facebook spent the last six months pissing off users , and what do they get? More users! Though the social network sparked outrage by changing its privacy settings and appropriating user data , Zuckerberg & Co. are stronger than ever, writes Ryan Tate on Gawker , noting that yesterday the site welcomed...

Facebook 'Unsure' if Zuck Sold Site Years Ago

Case appears before judge for the first time

(Newser) - A lawyer for Facebook says she’s “unsure” whether a freshman Mark Zuckerberg signed away the rights to the site for $1,000. New York investor Paul Ceglia produced a contract in court yesterday that he said Zuckerberg had signed back in 2003, giving Ceglia a growing stake in...

Facebook Wants User Stories for 500M Milestone

Half-billionth member expected to join next week

(Newser) - Another milestone falls next week for Facebook when the 500 millionth member is expected to join. To mark the occasion, the site is collecting "Facebook Stories" from users about how the site affected their lives, reports the All Things Digital blog of the Wall Street Journal. The stories (submit...

Trailer for Facebook Movie Arrives

'Social Network' looks to be a dramatic comedy

(Newser) - The full trailer for the hype-heavy Facebook movie is on the web. The tease for The Social Network is "clearly aiming to be a dramatic movie and it’s actually looking like something worth watching," writes Nick O'Neil at All Facebook . If the clips are any indication, Facebook...

NY Investor: Facebook Is Mine

He says he put up early $1K for 84% of company

(Newser) - A New York investor who is arguing he owns 84% of Facebook because of a financial arrangement with founder Mark Zuckerberg has blocked a planned transfer of company assets. A judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the transfer until the court can decide the merit of the case....

How to Serve a Subpoena to Mark Zuckerberg

Pretend you really want an autograph

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg got a surprise with his lunch: a subpoena and the phrase, "You've been served," reports the New York Post . No word yet on what the lawsuit is about, though the Post thinks privacy issues is a good bet. The server had to get creative, given that...

Zuckerberg Set to Trounce Former BFF

New Facebook Q&A product likely put Quora out of business

(Newser) - Facebook is working on a new questions and answers product that, it promises, “will be as exciting as Facebook Photos and Facebook Events.” It might also happen to totally destroy Quora , the Q&A startup that’s become the darling of Silicon Valley. Which is interesting, because Quora...

Zuckerberg Sweats (Literally) Through Privacy Grilling

Facebook founder needs to bone up on answering questions cogently

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg, on the hot seat at the D8 summit late yesterday, apparently found questions about Facebook's privacy issues, and the backlash against them, so scorching that he sweated until his interrogators begged him to take off his hoodie. Not that they stopped hammering him, as he stammered through evasive...

Zuckerberg: I Don't Care About Money

Revenue 'factors in, like, not at all'

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg went on a revealing rant the other day when asked how Facebook's new privacy settings would affect its business model. “We didn't talk about revenue at all,” he replied, and implied that he and his cohorts never thought about it. He said they genuinely believe Facebook...

Facebook Privacy Changes a Good First Step

New settings seem relatively easy to control

(Newser) - Facebook's unveiling of changes to give users more control over privacy (details from Mark Zuckerberg here ) is getting a decent reception on the tech blogs. Here's a sample:
  • Kevin Bankston, Electronic Frontier Foundation : They reverse "some of the worst of Facebook's privacy missteps," but "we still
...

Zuckerberg: OK, OK, We're Fixing It
Zuckerberg:
OK, OK, We're Fixing It
May 24, 2010 10:33 AM CDT

Zuckerberg: OK, OK, We're Fixing It

Facebook to simplify privacy settings, founder promises

(Newser) - Facebook has heard your cries, and plans to clean up its complex privacy settings , founder Mark Zuckerberg declares in a mea culpa in today's Washington Post . “Sometimes, we move too fast,” he admits. “Our intention was to give you lots of granular controls; but that may not...

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