A Florida man filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook last week, claiming that the social media site broke a federal law by sending text messages about friends’ birthdays. The suit, filed by Colin Brickman, claims that Facebook violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act with its text messages. The law is intended to limit how telemarketers…

According to police in Glendale, Arizona, 33-year-old Daniel Nunez used a fake Facebook profile to lure the owner of a valuable Air Jordan sneaker collection into a robbery trap. Court documents say that Nunez contacted the victim on a Facebook group called “AZ Sneaker Community.” He then inquired about buying the shoes and asked the…

Facebook is no stranger to its privacy policies meeting resistance from European countries. France joined the war of words this week when its data protection authority, the CNIL, issued a formal notice to Facebook requesting that it meet the group’s demands within three months—or face possible sanctions. While Facebook is “confident” that its privacy policies…

As election season heats up, many passionate political followers take to Facebook and other social media to vent their frustrations. However, what responsibility do the politicians themselves hold if the comments of their followers cross the line? A conservative Colorado State Representative posted an article on his Facebook page this month about the state’s speaker…

Medical marijuana is legal in New Jersey, but several dispensaries in the state still have had their Facebook pages mysteriously taken down. Facebook’s terms of service prohibit ads that promote the sale or use of “illegal, prescription, or recreational drugs,” so these legal dispensaries are definitely walking a fine line. However, some patients criticized Facebook’s…

**Update** TechCrunch, Lifehacker and other blogs reported on the Crypter browser extension yesterday. It looks like Facebook has ‘Depreciated’ the Crypter extension and it is no longer functioning. A new browser extension app called Crypter has been created that allows Facebook users to completely encrypt Facebook Messenger chats. Although the app’s creators updated their website…

Many parents and advocates have called on Facebook to remove popular “teen dating and flirting” sites, particularly in the wake of the abduction and murder of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell. The girl is alleged to have met her killer on the public page. These groups feature all kinds of offensive, dangerous and potentially illegal content, including…

Facebook announced late last week that it will now ban users from arranging the private sale of guns on both Facebook and Instagram. The site previously allowed gun sales under a set of restrictions, but firearms will now join illegal drugs and pharmaceuticals as a completely prohibited item to sell on the social media platform.…

There’s no doubt you’ve already seen the “Be Like Bill” meme in your News Feed. It features a stick figure drawing with funny or cute phrases that are customized with a user’s name. It seems like another harmless meme, but the Better Business Bureau warns that it and other clickbait traps like it could be…

This week, a federal judge dismissed an attempted class action lawsuit against Facebook that argued the site’s photo tagging violates Illinois privacy law. The case was brought last August by a man, Frederick Gullen, who claimed that someone uploaded a picture of him to Facebook and tagged it with his name despite the fact that…