Terrorism Threat at ‘Most Heightened State’ Since 9/11 [Security]
“In some ways,” the threat of terrorism is “at its most heightened state” since 9/11, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. Certainly, the threat of magazine-publishing is at a very heightened state—perhaps its most heightened state—as National Counterterrorism Center Michael E. Leiter testified regarding the “spiffy” magazine from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Inspire. (“It’s got great graphics,” he told committee members, which is more than we can say for the Tea Party Review.) More »
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Woman Runs Down Cousin Over Denied Facebook Friend Request [Social Networking]
Next time you deny a Facebook friend request, think of the consequences! Long Island resident Giselle Penagos Melanie Snanopoulos allegedly ran down her cousin twice because a gentleman friend had accepted the cousin’s friend request—but not hers. More »
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Facebook Fixes Spammy Friend Finder — in Germany [Privacy]
Facebook will change its “Friend Finder” to not uncontrollably spam your email contacts with Facebook solicitations. But only if you live in Germany, where regulators actually attempt to enforce privacy laws, and where privacy is an actual thing. [NY Times] More »
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This Is Mark Zuckerberg’s New Home [Exclusive]
After we published photos of his old house—and he gave Oprah a tour—Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg moved out, relocating to a new security camera-studded home a few blocks away. Now his neighbors are gossiping—and they’ve sent us pictures. More »
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Facebook Suicide Note Gets Mocked, Turns Out to Be Real [Suicide]
On Christmas, 42-year-old British charity worker Simone Back posted a Facebook message reading, “‘Took all my pills be dead soon so bye bye every one.” 148 comments—many of them mocking her—followed. The next day she was found dead. More »
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