On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data  —  Each day about 1,700 juniors at an East Coast college log on to Facebook.com to accumulate “friends,” compare movie preferences, share videos and exchange cybercocktails and kisses.  Unwittingly, these students have become the subjects of academic research.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Stephanie Rosenbloom
Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/style/17facebook…

Facebook suing Ontario porn firm  —  Alleges firm hacked into its system to get personal data  —  A Canadian company specializing in Internet porn is being sued by Facebook amid allegations it hacked the popular social networking website’s computers and tried to access the personal information of users, court documents show.

Source:   Canadian Press
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