First off, we would like to give huge props and kudos to Techdirt for leading the charge against SOPA. Their daily coverage of this dreadful piece of legislation has been spectacular. We have provided links to some of the top stories of the week regarding SOPA, but visit their site for more in depth coverage…

Privacy International recently wrote in a blog post that one teen in London had his life turned upside down due to Facebook’s targeted ads. How did this happen? According to the group, the teen had been hiding the fact that he was homosexual from his family. So far he had been  successful in doing so,…

Despite the settlement that the FTC and Facebook reached regarding user privacy, Congressmen Joe Barton and Edward Markey are still far from satisfied with how Facebook conducts its business. They claim that Facebook is trying to evade some important privacy questions – particularly those concerning a questionable patent they filed last February. The patent suggests…

Very few words can capture one’s attention more than the word ‘FREE.’ You would think that the constant use and overuse by marketers worldwide would eventually desensitize us to its power, but such is not the case. Just seeing the word on a page, in an online advertisement, or hearing it on the television or…

So let’s say that there’s this awesome new app that was just released – a Facebook game that promises to be something that you’ll most definitely enjoy. You want to play it, of course. But then it’s asking for permission to access your data, to post on your wall, among other things. Depending on how…

“When you have a problem, face it, don’t Facebook it.” – this is just a joke that’s been making its rounds through Facebook for who knows how long, but there’s real wisdom in it and it would do people really well if they could take it to heart. Too many people have lost their jobs…

The list of people whose lives fall into ruin because of an online misstep is growing longer by the day. Some simply don’t fully understand how anything that they post online can possibly be used against them. As such, they take extreme liberties with what they share online, sometimes using Facebook as a place for them to…