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You Can Send Money To Your Friends Through Facebook Messenger Now

Facebook Messenger now lets you send payments to your friends—exactly as you would with Venmo or Paypal. Except it’s way easier, because just about EVERYONE already has Facebook. The new functionality is built directly into the Facebook Messenger app. The only thing you need to do to pay your roommate for bills, rent, or dinner…

Social Media Mario Aguilar

Facebook Fraudster Jumps Bail By Giving His GPS Anklet a Mind of Its Own

A man under house arrest for faking an ownership stake in Facebook is missing after rigging up an elaborate contraption to make it look like he was still in his home. Paul Ceglia filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg using falsified emails and an edited contract that made it look like the Facebook…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

Facebook Bans Feeling Fat

Had an extra helping at dinner? Downed a pint of ice cream for desert? Inhaled entire sticks of butter to fill the emptiness inside? You probably want a little sympathy for the fact that you now feel like shit. For the love of god, pull yourself together. Facebook doesn’t want to hear it. Facebook removed…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg

Brands Get a Better Version of Instagram Than You Do Now

Instagram is rolling out an intriguing new feature: carousel-style photo sets that let users upload several photos at once. Unfortunately, you have to be an advertiser to use it. This feature is cool! It lets you choose whether or not you want to see secondary photos in a set, and it provides an easy way…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

Can You Answer These Questions That Facebook Thinks Any Good AI Should?

For decades, the Turing Test has been used as a yardstick by which to measure the abilities of artificial intelligence. But now a team of Facebook researchers has developed a set of reasoningand natural language questions that it thinks any good AI should be able to answer. Developed by a team in Facebook’s AI lab…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

The Antiviral Guide to the Worst Hoaxers and Liars on Facebook

Our friends over at Gawker’s Antiviral are calling bullshit on the flood of lies and fakery on Facebook. Part one: “satire” news sites. Check it:

Social Media Meg Neal

Facebook Finally Stops Trying To Restrict What Gender You Can Choose

A little over a year ago, Facebook finally did away with its highly restrictive gender options. (It was male, female, or nothing.) But instead of being open-ended, the social network would still only let you choose from among a list of 56 options. Now, after catching some flak, Facebook is finally offering infinite options. You…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Facebook’s New Suicide Prevention Tools Finally Get It Right

Facebook doesn’t exactly have the greatest track record when it comes to sensitivity, but its newest tool (built in collaboration with National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) is thankfully bucking that trend. Now, if you see a worrisome post from a friend and report it, Facebook will prompt them to get help on their next login—after a…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg

Prisoner Got 37 Years in Solitary for Facebook Posts

In South Carolina’s prisons, an inmate who secretly writes Facebook posts about missing his family can be punished the same way as one who rapes a cellmate. Hundreds of inmates are being handed down indefensibly harsh punishments for using social media, including one man, Tyheem Henry, who was sentenced to over 37 years in solitary…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

Hundreds of Inmates Are Sent To Solitary Confinement For Using Facebook

In the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is an offense on par with murder, rape, rioting, escape and hostage-taking. Back in 2012, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) made “Creating and/or Assisting With A Social Networking Site” a Level 1 offense [PDF], a category reserved for the most violent violations of prison conduct…

Social Media Dave Maass - Electronic Frontier Foundation

Some Guy Figured Out How to Delete Every Photo on Facebook

A security researcher recently made a seriously startling discovery. With just four lines of code, he says he could delete any photo album on Facebook. Zuck’s wedding photos? Zap. Your high school graduation album? Lost forever. Lucky for you, he decided to report the bug to Facebook, which promptly cut him a check. Let’s back…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Facebook Wants To Be Craigslist

The latest Facebook feature-to-be isn’t a FUN and NOVEL new way to share more CONTENT with your lucky, lucky friends — it’s a way to sell them stuff instead! Isn’t social networking fun. The Zuckerbeast announced today that it’s introducing a new feature for Facebook Groups, which will help people create a customised listing for…

Social Media Chris Mills

Facebook Keeps On Not Understanding Native American Names

Facebook’s policy on real names only has got it in some PR hot water in the past, when it forced members of the LGBT community to use their legal (but not preferred) names. But it also seems like it has a track record of stupidity when it comes to the Native American community. Colorlines has…

Social Media Chris Mills

What’s the Creepiest Thing You’ve Done Online?

Social media is a weirdo’s playground. Never before in human history has it been so easy to act so creepy, without ever leaving your home. Whether it’s posting a photo of your face to a coworker’s Facebook wall or recreating a stranger’s profile picture, there are plenty of ways to behave like a little social…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

The Creepiest Things You Can Do on Facebook

Sometimes in this world, you want to make someone as wildly uncomfortable as humanly possible. That’s why Facebook’s here. It’s a fact many of us have been neglecting in recent months, what with our Twittter and our Instagrams and our Yik Yaks—we’ve been forgetting about the world of mischief potential within the walls of Zuck’s…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg

Facebook’s Newsfeed Is Our Lowbrow Psyche Staring Back at Us

Facebook’s Newsfeed is a broken mess. It’s meant to be a personalized news ticker, but it can look like a relentless stream of Ice Bucket Challenges and dog photos. Facebook has already tried to banish clickbait and hoaxes, yet many Newsfeeds are heavy on the meaningless filler and viral froth. To fix its flagship feature,…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

The British Army is Creating a Battalion of “Facebook Warriors”

Warfare is a constantly changing landscape, from the weapons that are used to the battlefields they’re fought on. Amidst mountains of Snowden leaks from the NSA and GCHQ, it’s no longer a mystery that the digital warfare is advancing quickly, and the British Army just upped its digital artillery. A new group of soldiers, referred…

Social Media Darren Orf

Beware: Porn-Based Malware Is Sweeping Across Facebook

Don’t click any porn links on Facebook. Just don’t. It’s a good rule of thumb, but there’s an extra good reason right now. There’s a troubling type of porn-based malware that’s apparently infected over 110,000 Facebook users in two days. And you could get the same Click Transmitted Disease. The Facebook malware is disguised as…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Facebook Wants You to Know It Loves Free Speech (Except When It Doesn’t)

Two weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg wrote an impassioned post about the importance of free speech following the Charlie Hebdo killings. This week—whiplash warning—Facebook is censoring images of the Prophet Muhammad in Turkey, including images similar to the Hebdo cartoons. After a Turkish court ordered Facebook to take down pages due to blasphemy, it put the…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

Colleges Stalk Your Facebook To See How They Should Hit You Up for Money

On the scale of “irritating” to “soul-boiling” telemarketers, college alumni fundraisers aren’t the worst. The way that school alumni relations offices decide which former students to contact, however, is a liiittle creepy. Colleges are scouring former students’ Facebook and LinkedIn profiles to figure out who to hit up for cash, and using targets’ interests to…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

You Can Send Money To Your Friends Through Facebook Messenger Now

Facebook Fraudster Jumps Bail By Giving His GPS Anklet a Mind of Its Own

Facebook Bans Feeling Fat

Brands Get a Better Version of Instagram Than You Do Now

Can You Answer These Questions That Facebook Thinks Any Good AI Should?

The Antiviral Guide to the Worst Hoaxers and Liars on Facebook

Facebook Finally Stops Trying To Restrict What Gender You Can Choose

Facebook’s New Suicide Prevention Tools Finally Get It Right

Prisoner Got 37 Years in Solitary for Facebook Posts

Hundreds of Inmates Are Sent To Solitary Confinement For Using Facebook

Some Guy Figured Out How to Delete Every Photo on Facebook

Facebook Wants To Be Craigslist

Facebook Keeps On Not Understanding Native American Names

What’s the Creepiest Thing You’ve Done Online?

The Creepiest Things You Can Do on Facebook

Facebook’s Newsfeed Is Our Lowbrow Psyche Staring Back at Us

The British Army is Creating a Battalion of “Facebook Warriors”

Beware: Porn-Based Malware Is Sweeping Across Facebook

Facebook Wants You to Know It Loves Free Speech (Except When It Doesn’t)

Colleges Stalk Your Facebook To See How They Should Hit You Up for Money

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

You Can Send Money To Your Friends Through Facebook Messenger Now

Facebook Fraudster Jumps Bail By Giving His GPS Anklet a Mind of Its Own

Facebook Bans Feeling Fat

Brands Get a Better Version of Instagram Than You Do Now

Can You Answer These Questions That Facebook Thinks Any Good AI Should?

The Antiviral Guide to the Worst Hoaxers and Liars on Facebook

Facebook Finally Stops Trying To Restrict What Gender You Can Choose

Facebook’s New Suicide Prevention Tools Finally Get It Right

Prisoner Got 37 Years in Solitary for Facebook Posts

Hundreds of Inmates Are Sent To Solitary Confinement For Using Facebook

Some Guy Figured Out How to Delete Every Photo on Facebook

Facebook Wants To Be Craigslist

Facebook Keeps On Not Understanding Native American Names

What’s the Creepiest Thing You’ve Done Online?

The Creepiest Things You Can Do on Facebook

Facebook’s Newsfeed Is Our Lowbrow Psyche Staring Back at Us

The British Army is Creating a Battalion of “Facebook Warriors”

Beware: Porn-Based Malware Is Sweeping Across Facebook

Facebook Wants You to Know It Loves Free Speech (Except When It Doesn’t)

Colleges Stalk Your Facebook To See How They Should Hit You Up for Money

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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