Facebook Gets Ready to Go Public

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2012 Facebook's rise to cyber-domination amounts to the biggest online success story of the 21st century thus far, and on Wednesday the social networking behemoth took it up another notch by filing for what could be the most massive Internet initial public offering ever. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facebook Gets Spanked by the FTC

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2011 As you may recall, a couple of years ago Facebook was caught making users' personal information public without advance warning, suggesting a cavalier attitude toward the issue of privacy, putting it generously Well, the Federal Trade Commission also treated the social networking giant generously, it turns out (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The CIA Takes to Twitter and Facebook

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2011 Is the CIA following your tweets? Or perhaps it "Likes" your latest thoughts while showering that you have posted on Facebook. These startling considerations may apply only if you're overseas -- or so the agency says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google’s Latest Challenger: MC Hammer

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 The year 1990 is calling with the exciting news that none other than MC Hammer has decided to reinvent himself as a Web entrepreneur (And we really hope he gives webinars) This story comes with the unexpected twist that instead of, say, making his distinctive mark in the domain of digital music (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facebook May Morph Your Brain

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2011 Here we have the latest news in the blossoming social networking subdiscipline of neurology, about which we are not entirely kidding, as a team of researchers from University College London has found a possible link between the size of their subjects' flocks of Facebook friends and the size of certain parts of their brains. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gertrude Stein’s Smoking Gun

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2011 Art exhibitions reveal the real Gertrude Stein; young American Jews are disagreeing with their parents' views on Palestine; meanwhile, the battle over bin Laden postmortem photos continues. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Americans Really ‘Like’ Facebook

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2011 A recent Nielsen report shows that Americans reached a new cultural milestone in May: They collectively spent 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook that month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald on the Growing Surveillance State

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2011 Days after two British men were sentenced to four years in prison for using Facebook to incite disorder that never materialized, Glenn Greenwald writes fluently and concisely about the efforts of governments to maintain power and order by controlling the flow of information and communication online. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

In a London Pub

Yaakov Kirschen, Cagle Cartoons, Dry Bones Aug 16, 2011 Dig deeper

Ding Dong, the Democratic Party Is Dead

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2011 America mourns the death of its political parties; printed books are going extinct as ebooks take their place; meanwhile, BlackBerry Messenger plays a significant role in the London riots. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2011 The state-sponsored war on intimacy, fellowship and private contact continues in Missouri, where Gov. Jay Nixon just signed into law a bill forbidding any direct social networking contact between students and teachers. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )