People share a lot of their life on Facebook, but they probably don’t know the extent of the intimate details their use of the site reveals about themselves. That’s why Danish coder Søren Louv-Jansen built a simple program that allowed him to create sleep schedules for all of his friends based on when they were…

A judge in California this week ordered Apple to hack the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino, California, terrorist shooters, but Apple has pushed back, saying that such an action would qualify as an “unprecedented step” that could threaten the security of all Apple users. Now Facebook and Twitter have backed Apple in their…

It’s easy to forget when you’re posting on Facebook, but your employers might be able to see what you’re doing—and use it to make a decision on the future of your career. In fact, the National Labor Relations Board ruled several years ago that you can be fired for social media posts, while more and…

Republican presidential candidates are currently engaged in a war of words over, of all things, a fake Facebook page. The fraudulent page falsely claimed that South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy switched his endorsement from Marco Rubio to Ted Cruz. Gowdy released a statement through the Rubio presidential campaign vehemently denying this, and demanding that Cruz…

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…