Facebook has taken heat in recent months for its “real name” policy that requires users to register under an “authentic” alias found on official identification. The rule received bad press for punishing Native Americans and drag performers, but there’s another group that has unfortunately suffered: domestic violence victims. According to an article in The Daily…

Facebook’s Internet.org initiative is dedicated to bringing the web to the two-thirds of the world not yet connected to it. However, many parts of the world may not want it at all. A coalition of community groups wrote an open letter to the site this week criticizing Internet.org for many issues, including potential censorship, privacy…

The Belgian Privacy Commission, a watchdog group that has long clashed with Facebook over the site’s data collection policies in Europe, released a scathing critique of the site last week that it accused it of mistreating its users. The Belgian organization said that Facebook “refuses to comply” with Belgian privacy laws and the laws of…

We’ve all heard of cyberbullying, but as a parent, do you know how to help your child protect him/herself from this?  With social media becoming fully ingrained in our teens’ lives, replacing other forms of communication, it’s inevitable that instances of cyberbullying will increase.  What makes this such a difficult issue to address is the…

It’s no secret that potential employers snoop on the social media profiles of potential job candidates. And according to a recent study from CareerBuilder, more of them are doing it than ever before. The research found that 52 percent of companies now use social media sites to look at job applicants, up from 43 percent…

Facebook photo privacy (or lack thereof) has been a hot topic in the news this week. The trend continues with the story of a 21-year-old woman Houston woman who found that her selfies were being used to market an escort service online. The woman, Adriana Henderson, discovered that her Facebook photos had been stolen when…

Facebook used to let users make their profile pictures unclickable. However, as pointed out by an article in CNET this week, that is no longer the case. That means that anyone, even Facebook users who are not your friends, can click on your profile photo and see a full-sized version. Unfortunately, truly securing your profile…

Photographer Corey Ann was outraged to find many of her photos circulating online, but with other people claiming credit. She wrote an angry blog post about it on her Photo Stealers website, and soon her Photo Stealers Facebook page—with 13,000 followers—was reported and blocked. However, that’s just the beginning of the story; when Ann reached…

An Australia woman posted a photo on Facebook of a man she believed was taking pictures of her children at a Target store. The post about this “creep” quickly went viral, being shared more than 20,000 times, and the man in the photo even received death threats. The only problem? He wasn’t taking pictures of…

A 27-year-old U.K. woman learned the hard way to protect her Facebook photos when she found a hoax Tinder profile using her pics. The woman, who found out about the imposter after receiving a screenshot from a friend, was understandably horrified. “This is a situation that many women can relate to and it is sadly…