Here is another reason why you should limit what personal data can be accessed by Facebook applications your friends use. A Democratic activist group called NGP VAN has developed a Facebook tool that can be used to match up your privately shared data with your voting record and allow Democratic campaigners to target you for…

Facebook filed new documents with the SEC this week that detail some interesting statistics about its user base. Many people might be surprised to discover that 8.7 percent of all Facebook accounts are fake, duplicates or used for malicious purposes. This breaks down to 83 million accounts based on the stated user based of 955…

A startup company made some very serious accusations against Facebook, that if proven true, could have a wide ranging impact on how advertisers, and even ordinary users, conduct business with the leading social networking site. Limited Run is claiming that 80 percent of ad clicks received on the Facebook platform are from bots and not…

 A press release was issued yesterday announcing the launch of The Internet Association – a trade group consisting of Facebook, Google, Amazon, EBay and other companies yet to be announced. Michael Beckerman, a senior Capitol Hill adviser, will serve as president and CEO of the organization. Beckerman issued the following statement: “I am honored to lead…

Facebook came under intense scrutiny for its facial recognition technology during a Senate hearing held on July 18. Leading the assault on Facebook was Minnesota Senator Al Franken. Franken is particularly concerned that Facebook has this feature enabled by default rather than leaving it to its users to decide whether they want to use it…

Facebook Stalking is a past time enjoyed by many a user. Some do it out of boredom, others out of curiosity and some even take it to the extreme past all societal norms or legal boundaries. A recent study by Vernonika Lukacs, a Master’s Degree candidate at Western University, found that a whopping 88 percent…

Katie Holmes is allegedly protecting her digital tracks during her hyper-public split from Tom Cruise to keep him from contacting her, using tactics like disposable phones.  But celebrities’ struggles for online privacy is nothing new:  Kim Kardashian had to change her phone number after her makeup artist accidentally tweeted it; Anna Kournikova has a stalker…

You might not know it, but Facebook could have just read the latest conversation you had with your close friend. Or at least, a software monitoring system used by them did. The social networking giant has confirmed that it is uses a computer program to scan chats and messages sent between users for possible activities…

**UPDATE: Due to the numerous errors reported by our readers who have installed the application, we are recommending that you do not install the Facebook application at this time. We think the original premise behind the app is a good one, but clearly there are some bugs and issues that need to be resolved first.**…

Several Facebook users have reported receiving the following warning message from Facebook: “It looks like you have more than one account on Facebook. Facebook is a community where people use their real identities so you always know who you’re connecting with. Maintaining multiple accounts is a violation of our Terms and could result in all…