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What the Facebook Fiasco Tells Us About Our Rigged Stock Market

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. May 24, 2012.

How long will we keep getting Zuckered?

10 Reasons You Should be Suspicious of Wall Street's Facebook Fiasco

RJ Eskow, Campaign for America's Future. May 23, 2012.

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase all have a history of the kinds of unethical and/or illegal behavior that might explain what happened with Facebook.

Facebook IPO: An Anatomy of Wall Street Overreach

Heidi Moore, Comment Is Free. May 18, 2012.

Before trading, Facebook's bankers were ready to count their profits in billions. By close, they'd had to bail out their own IPO.

Giant Tax Loopholes and Tax Breaks: All About the Multi-Billion Dollar Facebook IPO

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. May 17, 2012.

Shares of the social network go on sale Friday at an initial public offering expected to be one of the largest ever--so how's it managing to get a $3 billion tax break?

1%er Facebook Co-Founder Runs Away to Evade Taxes? Here's What Eduardo Saverin Owes America

Ilyse Hogue, The Nation. May 14, 2012.

Saverin exemplifies the spoiled 1 percenter who erodes the fabric of the country that afforded such opportunity by not paying back the investment America made in him.

Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media Is Changing Our News and Our Lives

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. May 1, 2012.

In his new book, Rory O'Connor traces the impact of social media on how we get our information -- and who we trust to bring it to us.

Public Displays of Connection: How Social Media Can Help Repair the News' Trust Problem

Rory O'Connor, City Lights. April 23, 2012.

In his new book "Friends, Followers and the Future," Rory O'Connor explains how social media helps us form broader connections and stay aware of opposing views.

Google vs. Facebook: The New Media Showdown

Rory O'Connor, Media Is Plural. April 4, 2012.

Google co-founder Larry Page is paranoid—and justifiably so, as his company's losing ground in the social media sphere to Facebook despite its best attempts.

How To Deal With Social Media At Work

Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. March 9, 2012.

Social media are presenting new challenges for unions as employers develop policies and discipline employees for their posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Facebook IPO Will Boost 1%, But the Rest of Us Won't Be Sharing

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

When it comes down to business, FB just looks like another triumph of the superrich. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Why is Facebook Protecting Pro Rape Language and Abuse of Women?

Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet. December 12, 2011.

Despite a campaign that included 180,000 signatures, Facebook continues to post pro-rape pages, showing, yet again, that they care about users so long as they're profitable.

The Spy Who Tweeted Me: U.S. Spooks Launch Effort to Mine Social Media

Sharon Weinberger, Medill National Security Zone. September 9, 2011.

The U.S. intelligence community's secret advanced research agency is looking to mine Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, even webcams.

Facing Widespread Persecution, Egyptians Rally Behind Woman Facing Charges For Internet Speech

Sharif Abdel Kouddous, The Nation. August 25, 2011.

Taking to Facebook and Twitter, Egyptians are repeating and defending Asthma Mahfouz's viral message for human rights, forcing free speech into the country and facing arrest.

Will Riots In The Streets Lead To Crackdowns On Internet Freedom?

Jeff Jarvis, The Guardian. August 11, 2011.

Because the internet is a form of the public, restrictions on social media could be applied to the streets (and vice versa).

Can We Trust Corporations That Profit Off Our Information? For Facebook, Twitter, Google and More, You're The Product

Carne Ross, Comment Is Free. July 8, 2011.

The fight to control our own private information online is ultimately a political battle.

God's Chosen Tweeters? Religion and Social Media

Elizabeth Drescher, Religion Dispatches. July 5, 2011.

Members of religious groups are joining the social-media revolution at a faster pace than the general population. Enter the God-geeks.

Palestinian Youth Channel an Old Struggle Through New Media

Michelle Chen, Colorlines.com. June 17, 2011.

Student activists in the West Bank are educating themselves in grassroots organizing strategies--on the ground and on the Web.

The Latest Creepy Step From Facebook: Facial Recognition Technology

Beth Wellington, Comment Is Free. June 15, 2011.

Is Facebook's new facial recognition tool designed to make the site more useful to users or to boost its value for executives?

Is Your Mobile Phone Transmitting Your Private Information to Corporations?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 3, 2011.

Our mobile phones and computers are storing and sharing more and more personal information--but do we have control over who sees it?

;) Are Emoticons and Other Image-Based Communications Changing the Way Our Brains Work?

Blanca Mendez, AlterNet. June 2, 2011.

Memes, twitpics, emoticons, photojamming and glitter text may be altering the way we process communication.

What Facebook Is Hiding From You

Jonathan Matthew Smucker, AlterNet. May 24, 2011.

In their online lives, most people are shielded from viewpoints that do not mesh with their own, making it difficult to build the diverse coalitions that lead to real change.

Facebook Linked to Narcissism?

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. March 22, 2011.

Instead of falling in love with his own image in a pond, today’s narcissist apparently gazes adoringly at his own Facebook profile.

'The Social Network' Nails Harvard's (and America's) Diseased Obsession with Elitism

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 25, 2011.

The protagonist's angry fixation with elite social clubs exists in American life--as class resentment channeled into a perverse identification with the privileged.

Leaked Intel Memo Directs Police to Pipe Down on Facebook

G.W. Schulz, Center for Investigative Reporting. February 23, 2011.

After some embarrassing incidents, authorities are teaching cops to keep a low profile online.

Crowdsourcing: Song Lyrics and Twitter Help Chart Public Mood

Michael Haederle, Miller-McCune.com. February 7, 2011.

Trying to divine the mood of a group of people is hard and requires trust in their answers. A new method has researchers whistling a happier tune.

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