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British man admits to threatening mass shooting of Tennessee school
A British man pleaded guilty on Friday to making Facebook threats to kill 200 people at a school in the United States, which sparked a major security alert that saw thousands of pupils kept at home. Reece Elliot, a 24-year-old father-of-one from South Shields in northeastern England, posted the messages…
Indian man held for selling baby grandson on Facebook
Police in northern India said Wednesday they had arrested a 47-year-old man for selling his newborn grandson to a local businessman in a deal that was struck on Facebook. Feroz Khan, a resident of Ludhiana city in the northern state of Punjab 300 kilometres (200 miles) from New Delhi, had…
Juror faces contempt charge over Facebook post
A juror will be prosecuted for contempt of court after allegedly writing on Facebook that he wanted to “fuck up a paedophile” during the trial of a convicted child sex offender. Kasim Davey was discharged as a juror in the trial in December when he wrote on Facebook: “Woooow I…
Police search ‘Russian Facebook’ founders house after police officer injured in traffic accident
Russian investigators said Wednesday they had searched the home of the young founder of the country’s most popular social networking site in a probe into a drive-by attack on a policeman. Pavel Durov, 28, founded the VKontakte (In Contact) social networking site in 2006 and is often compared to Facebook…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg launches lobbying group to push immigration and education reforms
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new political action group he is spearheading Thursday to press for reforms in areas including immigration and education. “To lead the world in this new economy, we need the most talented and hardest-working people. We need to train and attract the best. We need…
‘Rapebook’ activist targeted with rape and assault threats on Facebook
An Oregon woman said she has been the victim of threats of rape and violence against her because of her campaign to remove Facebook pages that “joke” about those topics, including pictures of actual victims of sexual assault. “They’re pretty scary,” Trista Hendren told ABC News. “They did actually post…
‘My name is Mark’: Facebook head’s teenage website resurfaces
A website thought to be the handiwork of Mark Zuckerberg at the age of 15 resurfaced on the Internet on Thursday, providing a glimpse into the early days of the famed Facebook co-founder. “Hi, my name is Slim Shady,” the creator of the website said in a message on an…
Is Facebook’s smartphone just a new way to collect data about you?
Facebook’s move to launch a branded smartphone is raising concerns for privacy advocates. (Jeff Chiu/AP/File) Using Facebook on your phone? Soon, the company will… …
A ‘like’ for linguistics: Can social media save Mexico’s unwritten languages?
A sign with Facebook’s ‘Like’ logo is posted at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Many indigenous languages alive in Mexico today don’t have any formal written system, but a growing number of young people, computer savvy and sometimes far from home, want to Facebook… …
‘Facebook phone’ could be introduced at May event
Facebook fueled fresh talk Friday about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next week. Shortly after the Facebook invitation went out for the April 4 event, the technology news site TechCrunch reported the announcement would be a modified version of the Google…
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