Facebook fraud has become an increasingly common issue, particularly the scourge of imposter profiles. However, as IT World exposed in a recent report, it can be extremely difficult for victims of Facebook identity theft to get the fake version of themselves removed from the site. As often seems to be the case on Facebook, the…

A recent Facebook glitch has added users to groups that they had already quit. These users have had to leave the groups one by one that they had long since left, and many concerns have been raised about the security of information on these pages. Facebook goes out of its way to emphasize the security…

The Digital Advertising Alliance, an affiliation of ad trade groups, created the “Ad Options” icon for inclusion on all online advertisements in an effort to improve transparency about how advertisers are collecting and using users’ data. It’s a noble goal, but there’s only one problem: Facebook doesn’t want to participate, and as one of the…

Anytime Facebook announces proposed changes to its Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), there is an uproar among users, pundits and privacy advocates. The latest brouhaha happened on Wednesday. The item that caught most people’s attention is the fact that Facebook is proposing that users no longer have a vote on…

Facebook informed all 1 billion of its users on November 21 that it wants to remove the user’s right to vote on the site’s policy changes. In the current system, which many users don’t even know exists, if a proposed change to Facebook’s Data Use Policy or its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities gets over…

The European Commission and U.S. Department of Homeland Security signed a joint declaration on November 20 promising to both raise awareness of online safety issues and work together to ensure young people have a safer experience online. Social media is obviously one of the biggest privacy concerns among all age groups, but teenagers and younger…

A class action lawsuit filed against Facebook last year alleged that the social media site violated users’ privacy rights by publicizing companies they “Liked” without compensating them or allowing them to opt out. A settlement to the case finally appears to be drawing near, as U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg said on Thursday that he…

According to a recent Kaplan Test Prep survey, which polled 350 admissions officers from colleges all over the country, over 25 percent said they had looked up applicants on Facebook and Google. Many high school students are now taking steps that were common place among older college students entering the job market: they’re changing their…

The number of arrests made in the United Kingdom over offensive online comments are rising rapidly. According to the Associated Press, there were 873 convictions for inflammatory online comments in 2009, and 1,286 in 2011. That is a massive jump in just two years, illustrating the exploding popularity of social media sites like Facebook –…

Are you in a relationship that is Facebook official? If so, Facebook has made a digital shrine to your relationship, and you may not even know it. Facebook recently launched a new feature, Facebook.com/us, that gathers posts, events and photos that you and your significant other have been tagged in. Facebook Friendship Pages, which have…