AFP: Pakistanis shout ‘Death to Facebook’, burn US flags: “Pakistanis shout ‘Death to Facebook’, burn US flags By Hasan Mansoor (AFP) – 6 hours ago KARACHI — Pakistani protesters shouted ‘Death to Facebook’, ‘Death to…
Pakistan court orders blocking of Facebook over Muhammad cartoon: “Facebook was sucked into a growing row over Islam and freedom of speech yesterday after a Pakistani court ordered the site to be blocked over a…
EU privacy watchdogs say Facebook changes ‘unacceptable’: “Europe’s privacy watchdogs have issued a rebuke to Facebook, telling the social networking site that changes it made to the site’s privacy settings late last year were ‘unacceptable’.“…
Facebook criticised over latest privacy lapse: Facebook is facing growing criticism of its privacy policies after an embarrassing technical error exposed users’ private conversations to others. (Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)
Facebook attacked over refusal to install panic button: Britain’s online child protection agency attacked Facebook yesterday for its continued refusal to install a panic button on its site. (Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)
AFP: Outrage in Italy over anti-Down Syndrome website (AFP) –22 February, 2010 ROME — Politicians and Internet activists in Italy have denounced a page on the social networking site Facebook that calls for children with…
UK – Facebook takes down 30 prisoners' pages after victim taunts: (Guardian) Thirty Facebook pages have been taken down because prisoners were using them to taunt their victims, Jack Straw, the justice secretary, has revealed….
Student Suspended for Facebook Page Can Sue: “Katherine Evans did not like her English teacher. She created a Facebook page to say so. Now the matter is in court.” (Via NYT > Freedom of Speech…
Canadian privacy watchdog launches investigation into Facebook’s response to its previous investigation: “Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has launched an investigation into changes Facebook made to its privacy policy. The changes were made in response to an…
Norwegian consumer group will mount legal challenge to Facebook terms: “A Norwegian consumer protection agency is preparing a legal challenge to Facebook and other social networking companies, accusing them of operating ‘in a legal vacuum…