Two years ago — long before there was much public discussion about Facebook admitting children under 13 — I had the opportunity to interview Mark Zuckerberg. But, [...]

Facebook has made some changes to what it calls its “data use policy,” which is essentially the same as its privacy policy. The company has also added a [...]

Facebook, like all sites with user content, has had to battle against people using the service to post and distribution illegal child pornography.  In my CNET News post, I [...]

by Larry Magid When Consumer Reports writes about home appliances, it tells you their strengths and weaknesses but I’ve never seen any dire warnings about how you can lose [...]

by Larry Magid Facebook is more than a social network. It’s also a platform that allows independent developers to create applications, or “apps” that [...]

Percent of social networking users who have taken these steps to protect their privacy (Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project) When it comes to social media [...]

A lot has been written about “Facebook addiction.” Indeed some press coverage of a recent study from the University of Chicago suggests that “Facebook and Twitter [...]

by Larry Magid The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have reached a settlement on charges that Facebook deceived consumers “by telling them they could keep their [...]