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Facebook Is Becoming a Chatroom for Senior Citizens
Grandma doesn’t need your help with the computer anymore.
Facebook Is Mining Private Data from Cancer Organizations, New Lawsuit Alleges
A group of cancer and healthcare companies claim that Facebook is illegally collecting data from their users through its use of cookies.
Europe Wants to Make Kids Under 16 Get Parental Permission to Use Social Media
A last-minute amendment to the EU’s new data protection regulations says teens who want to join Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram need approval from their parents.
Japan Has a New Social Network But It's Hardly Letting Anyone In
If you can get past the AI bouncer, you're in.
Can an App Really Help Manage Your Mental Health?
Or will the proliferation of apps designed to help mental wellbeing provide an excuse for keeping mental health services underfunded?
Facebook's New $500 Million Data Center Will Be Powered by 100% Wind Energy
The social network also raised its companywide renewable energy target to 50 percent by 2018.
Start Beef with Facebook and They'll Wreck You—With Data
Facebook shows Princeton will collapse and we'll all run out of air.
Did Dave Eggers Or Kate Losse Invent the Facebook Book? Trust Me, It's Complicated
I’m guessing Eggers won’t be financially or critically hurt by Losse’s claims, but he won’t forget it. It will get inside him.
Get Off Your Computer and Come to Our Social Media Day Party on June 29
For the past four years, Mashable has been celebrating the way social media has changed our lives and our industry with Social Media Day. This year, VICE is partnering up to throw the biggest Social Media Day party yet. It will be a day-long festival...
Angry Celebrities Aside, Facebook's Promoted Posts Are Its Path to Redemption
Facebook has been getting a lot of flack lately over EdgeRank, its algorithm that decides who will see your latest post show up in their Newsfeed. After the formula was rejiggered in September, some have seen their reach plummet as much as 50 percent...