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By Yana Kunichoff | 09.28.11 | 8:30 am

Amid a furor over its recent redesign, and with privacy concerns tailing its every move, Facebook has filed paperwork to start its own political action committee.

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: Photo: Gage Skidmore

After social media campaign, Bachmann listed in TIME 100

By Andy Birkey | 04.21.11 | 1:41 pm

After campaigning over the last month on social media, Rep. Michele Bachmann secured enough votes from followers to be included in TIME magazine’s list of the top 100 most influential people of 2011. Controversial conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh wrote the profile on Bachmann for the magazine, and Bachmann is the only 2012 hopeful to make the list.

Coleman’s ‘ethernet’ no match for other ‘Conservative New Media FAILS’ contenders

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.16.09 | 11:40 am

Former Sen. Norm Coleman’s recent comment that the future of the GOP lies in the “ethernet” — first reported on by the Minnesota Independent — gets an honorable mention in Talking Points Memo’s list of the “

Can Facebook users pressure Coleman to drop suit?

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.08.09 | 11:49 am

A Facebook group is hoping three days of phonecalls to Norm Coleman’s campaign office may convince the former senator to give up his lawsuit and let Al Franken get started in the Senate. The “Norm’s Gotta Go…

Facebook, CEO Still Having Privacy Issues?

By Joe Bodell | 12.04.07 | 7:30 am


A popular but embattled social networking service may still have PR problems concerning privacy — and so might its CEO.

Late last week a computer security expert reported that even if Facebook users…

Facebook Relents on Privacy Concerns

By Joe Bodell | 11.30.07 | 7:00 am

In what interest groups are calling a victory for personal privacy, the popular social networking site Facebook.com said Thursday night it would make changes to its new Beacon service.

The service, which collects…

Facebook’s Beacon Sparks Privacy Complaints from Users

By Joe Bodell | 11.21.07 | 7:00 am

When you use Facebook, the popular social networking service, do you know where your personal data might end up?
The rapidly expanding site, recently valued at $15 billion, has continually added features that allow users…