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BBC confronts Facebook troll

February 8, 2012
An Internet troll who posts allegedly hateful and racist remarks on Facebook's RIP sites, seems blase about his activities when he is intercepted by a BBC reporter.

Video game characters get real with fake Facebook photos

February 8, 2012
If video game characters had Facebook profiles, they would take bathroom self-portraits and post party pictures just like the rest of us.

The 404 988: Where do you guys know how to post videos to Facebook? (podcast)

February 7, 2012
We put together a great show for you today with fun stories about a dummy politician citing an article from The Onion, the pitfalls of online dating, prototype headphones with built-in proximity sensors, and a conceptual McDonalds ad campaign that uses seedbombs!

Is Facebook accurately counting its daily active users?

February 7, 2012
New reports on the matter suggest Facebook is counting users that "like" a page or article from a third-party site, making some wonder if the company's daily active user tally is too high.

How can I get a piece of the Facebook action?

February 7, 2012
The frenzy around the social-networking giant's upcoming IPO has made lots of people wonder whether owning a piece of Facebook might be a good investment for them. But how do you get in?

Friskies hijacks Facebook with real cats

February 7, 2012
Friskies kicks off a two-week Facebook marketing stunt with the Friskies Plus Playhouse, an interactive live video feed featuring 10 rescue cats playing with remote-controlled toys.

European activists meet with Facebook to discuss privacy concerns

February 6, 2012
Facebook meets with student activists in Europe regarding concerns over how it handles users' personal information.

Andy Rachleff: With Facebook, Valley unearths lost art of IPO

February 6, 2012
Too many entrepreneurs start companies with the goal of selling them. Former VC Andy Rachleff is hoping Facebook inspires people in Silicon Valley to think bigger.

Facebook photos: Deleted today, still there tomorrow

February 6, 2012
Facebook photos still exist on the company's servers even after deletion and can apparently still be accessed, Ars Technica reports.

Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics

February 5, 2012
Women around the world, fed up with Facebook's policy of not allowing breast-feeding pictures, are staging protests at Facebook offices and using Facebook to coordinate those efforts.

Woman accused of trying to sell fake Facebook stock

February 5, 2012
A woman allegedly claims that her daughter knows Mark Zuckerberg and happens to have been given $1 million of Facebook stock. She then allegedly tries to sell that stock.

Reporters’ Roundtable: What’s Facebook going to do with that money?

February 4, 2012
Facebook plans to raise $5 billion in an IPO. What will Facebook do with the money? This week on the Roundtable, Rafe discusses Facebook's future with Josh Constine from TechCrunch and Shervin Pishevar from Menlo Ventures.