Tag Archives: facebook

• News

  Companies report tens of thousands of government requests for data

  Yahoo said it received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for user data from U.S. law enforcement agencies over the last six months.
• Education

  School District Limiting Communication Between Staff and Students

  Students and staff in one local school district won’t be able to communicate by text or social media on an individual basis if a new policy is approved.
• News

  Rumor of escaped zoo alligators is a fake

  A rumor that spread like wildfire online had thousands of area residents wondering whether alligators escaped from Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Illinois.
• News

  CEOs of Google and Facebook deny giving access to NSA program

  Two big names in the tech world respond to reports that the government has been given access to their companies’ servers for a surveillance program.
• News

  Under pressure, Facebook targets sexist hate speech

  Under mounting pressure from activists and advertisers, Facebook is ramping up efforts to stamp out hate speech, particularly depictions of violence against women.
• News

  Iowa woman accused of posting video of brother set on fire

  An Iowa woman faces a child endangerment charge after she allegedly recorded and posted video of her brother lighting himself on fire.
• News

  Facebook data center coming to Iowa

  It’s now official – Facebook will build a new data center in Altoona, Iowa.
• News

  A photo worth a thousand “likes”

  Anything viral when you’re pregnant is usually a bad thing, but that’s not the case when it comes to one couple’s pregnancy photo.
• News

  Confession Pages, Newest Facebook Craze

  Have you ever had a secret you were dying to tell the world? Now there is a place you can do that.
• News

  Found Through Facebook, Aunt & Niece To Make National TV Debut

  It’s the local story that’s getting “liked” coast to coast. Two friends finding out they’re actually related through Facebook. Now,…
• News

  QC Facebook Friends Discover They’re Family

  We all hear stories of people using social networking sites like Facebook to find lost-lost relatives, but what if you…
• Crime

  Report: Woman tried to sell children on Facebook

  An Oklahoma woman was jailed after police said she tried to sell her two children online.