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…

Facebook aims to be an online reflection of our everyday lives. According to researchers hired by Slater and Gordon, a multinational law firm headquartered in Australia, which also includes the end of marriages. “Five years ago Facebook was rarely mentioned in the context of a marriage ending, but now it has become commonplace,” said Andrew…

Before this week, when a Facebook user logged on to certain apps for the first time, they were given a diabolical choice: let Facebook access the data of their Friends, or don’t use the app at all. While many apps let users opt out of revealing sensitive information, the fact that Facebook could access the…

A 27-year-old Texas woman and single mother was fired from her job at a daycare before her first day of work because of a Facebook post. The woman, Kaitlyn Walls, wrote that she didn’t like working in childcare, and her post soon spread to an 8,000-member yard sale group in the community. “I start my…

These days, pretty much every major tech company is seeking new ways to collect and use your data. As a column in Salon this week notes, this is often done with stated goals that are noble and humanitarian, like Facebook’s mission to connect the world to the Internet or its recent Amber Alert feature. However,…