A good rule of thumb for internet denizens: if an online service is offered to you for free, then you are the product. At the very least, you're a data point, and, therefore, a test subject. » 7/28/14 4:00pm Yesterday 4:00pm

Authorities in Florida are investigating after a disturbing picture was posted to Facebook. » 7/25/14 10:40am Friday 10:40am

A Facebook page that was created on Wednesday is receiving a lot of attention on the internet, and it's not just because the page is in support of the Israeli Defense Force. It's because the photos that line the page's wall are of scantily-clad women with "I <3 IDF" written on their breasts. » 7/24/14 8:30pm Thursday 8:30pm

Most of us consider Facebook a way to see old friends' weddings, babies and flamewars about NOBAMA. The company's execs, however, have grander ambitions: Now they want you to shop and purchase crap right from your NewsFeed. I guess they weren't seeing enough fights over organic baby food? » 7/21/14 2:00pm 7/21/14 2:00pm

Scammers called "click fraudsters" are setting up fake Facebook pages of victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 to defraud unsuspecting Internet users. » 7/21/14 10:20am 7/21/14 10:20am

Sit down children, and let me regale you with yet another tale of criminals using social media and then getting caught. Because if there is one human-driven force on this earth that is unrelenting, it's lack of foresight. » 7/20/14 6:20pm 7/20/14 6:20pm

Are you one of those people who constantly threatens to quit Facebook every time you get sucked into some shitty argument about Sarah Palin on someone's page? This summer may be your time to actually quit the social media site—at least for a little while. » 7/11/14 5:30pm 7/11/14 5:30pm

An Ohio mom lost her waitressing job after she used Facebook to blow off some steam about a busy night full of bad tippers, not realizing she was fake Internet friends with one of the cheapskates in question. » 7/02/14 8:28pm 7/02/14 8:28pm

Remember that widespread "emotional contagion" Facebook study that people are freaking out about (especially if they've seen too many negative posts on their feed)? Now, because of the researchers' ties to the federal government, the study might in fact be illegal. » 6/30/14 8:30pm 6/30/14 8:30pm

Have you been posting happier updates on Facebook more than usual? Or maybe sadder ones? Just know that on the social media site that allows you to be who you really are, those expressions of your innermost being, the Facebook posts that truly reflect the condition of your soul ("lol I got Blanche, which Golden Girl… » 6/29/14 12:00pm 6/29/14 12:00pm

Facebook has released its first diversity report this week which shows that about 90% of it's U.S. staff is white and Asian while women only make up 31% of its global staff. » 6/26/14 11:20am 6/26/14 11:20am

How conscientious do you seem on Facebook? Do you come off as intelligent? These are the questions a new personality test can answer for potential employers based on your vacation photos, wonky articles posts and sarcastic comments on your friends baby photos. » 6/20/14 11:00am 6/20/14 11:00am

Garnett Paul Spears spent most of his short life with a feeding tube, battling a bewildering array of illnesses. He died in January at five years old, after his sodium levels mysteriously spiked and a series of seizures. And now the cops have arrested his mother, accusing her of poisoning the boy. » 6/18/14 5:45pm 6/18/14 5:45pm

After provoking anger for years with its bizarre "breastfeeding photos are inappropriate for the Internet" policy, Facebook has finally freed the nipple (on the condition that it is in or near the mouth of a breastfeeding child). » 6/13/14 4:50pm 6/13/14 4:50pm

A Facebook employee will die in a Game of Thrones book. » 6/11/14 9:30pm 6/11/14 9:30pm

Would that the Catfish team had gotten this on camera: An young Alabama woman allegedly asked a man she met on Facebook to kill her aunt, her aunt's family and her aunt's dog. Twist: The "man" was actually her aunt, who'd created a fake Facebook account to check up on her niece's Internet activities. » 6/11/14 11:40am 6/11/14 11:40am

A woman in Ohio is suing a hospital after her ex-boyfriend posted the results of an STD test to Facebook. » 6/08/14 11:52pm 6/08/14 11:52pm

When Russell Brand social media'd a picture of then-wife Katy Perry sans makeup, half of the internet laughed triumphantly because stars are just like us after all where's your whipped cream bra now?! and the other half gasped empathetically, because what he did was actually kind of mean. » 6/05/14 5:00pm 6/05/14 5:00pm