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Facebook pushes privacy changes

Dec. 10, 2009
A large pop-up box will greet Facebook users logging on to the social-networking site on Thursday, asking them to modify their privacy settings.
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Facebook expands reach with new deal

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The social networking Web site Facebook will likely expand its online presence with its purchase of social aggregator FriendFeed, The Washington Post reports.

New privacy features coming to Facebook

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 2 (UPI) -- A Facebook official says the social networking Web site is implementing new privacy features to protect users in the United States and abroad.

Muslim cleric decries Facebook

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 31 (UPI) -- A Saudi woman's alleged death at her father's hands has been cited by a Muslim cleric in his criticism of the Internet social networking site Facebook.

Teens give up Facebook for lent

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Some U.S. Christian teens and young adults are replacing fatty foods or meat with social networking Web sites as the thing they prefer to give up for for Lent.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch