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Facebook Lowers Age Rule to Allow Teens to Post Publicly | Mashable

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Facebook is giving its teenage users a public voice on the platform. For the first time, beginning Wednesday, users between the ages of 13 and 17 will be able to post publicly and obtain followers of their profiles.

Previously, teens using Facebook were only able to share content with friends, friends of friends and custom groups like “family.” Now, they can choose to share posts to anyone on Facebook, just like users 18 and older.

via Facebook Lowers Age Rule to Allow Teens to Post Publicly | Mashable.

3M Cloud Patron “Buy and Donate”; No Anonymity in Facebook Search; Nye, NASA YouTube Jupiter Series; Making Makerspaces

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Patrons can donate to their library via new 3M Cloud feature. 3M Cloud Library Introduces “Buy and Donate” Program Supported by Kobo | TMCnet.com

Privacy setting removed for good. Now anyone can find you on Facebook — no matter what | CNET.

Love science? Want to learn more? Bill Nye, NASA Team Up for Jupiter Mission YouTube Series | PCMAG.com

Creating a makerspace is not that hard according to School Library Journal. Low Tech, High Gains: Starting a Maker Program Is Easier Than You Think | The Digital Shift

Facebook Is Finally Letting You Search for Old Posts | Gizmodo

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Now that Graph Search has finally rolled out to the entire Facebook world, the newest covetable feature has been bestowed onto a small subset of users. Starting today, Facebook is rolling out Graph Search for posts.

Read: Facebook Is Finally Letting You Search for Old Posts | Gizmodo

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Principal sues students over parody Facebook, Twitter accounts | CNET News

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An Oregon middle school educator tries to paint his mocking students as hackers in order to bring an action against them under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Read: Principal sues students over parody Facebook, Twitter accounts | CNET News.

A Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected as Free Speech | PCMag.com

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A Virginia court weighed in on the topic this week, and found that actions on Facebook – even if they only involve one click of a mouse – are indeed protected by the [US] First Amendment.

Read: A Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected as Free Speech | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

‘Social Fiction’ Brings Characters to Life via Facebook and Twitter | Mashable

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A former Nickelodeon Animation storyboard artist and a Facebook employee have teamed up to create a new form of entertainment: social fiction.

Illustrator Steve Lowtwait and writer Michael Smith are telling a fictional story through social media that’s centered around a protagonist called “Hawk Funn.” They have set up real social profiles on Facebook and Twitter for fictional characters in the story, and they post about the characters’ lives just like real people would. If you follow Hawk on Facebook and on Twitter, you can track the plot and learn about his life as a suburban dad in Colorado and his fear of the indoors.

Hawk Funn

via ‘Social Fiction’ Brings Characters to Life via Facebook and Twitter | Mashable.

Google, Facebook and Yahoo petition court to disclose government data requests | Engadget

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It’s not every day you see Google, Facebook and Yahoo aligned on a issue, but a push toward increased governmental transparency is just the sort of cause that’ll put competing web companies on the same outraged page. All three noted [September 9, 2013] through their respective channels that they’ve filed petitions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to disclose the number of requests the government has issued for user data under national security statutes.

The full story: Google, Facebook and Yahoo petition court to disclose government data requests | Engadget.

The 10 Governments That Requested (And Got) The Most Facebook User Data | Co.Exist

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74 countries sought data from Facebook for 38,000 of the network’s total 1.15 billion users.

Requests for Facebook data made from Jan to June 2013 (some requests include multiple users):

  1. United States (11,000-12,000 requests, 79% success)
  2. India (3,245 requests, 50% success)
  3. United Kingdom (1,975 requests, 68%success)
  4. Germany (1,886 requests, 37% success)
  5. Italy (1,705 requests, 53% success)
  6. France (1,574 requests, 39% success)
  7. Brazil (715 requests, 33% success)
  8. Australia (546 requests, 64% success)
  9. Spain (479 requests, 51% success)
  10. Poland (233 requests, 9% success)

The full discussion: The 10 Governments That Requested (And Got) The Most Facebook User Data | Co.Exist | ideas + impact.

Governments Requested Information On 38,000 Facebook Users In The First Half Of 2013 | Fast Company

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Facebook received about 38,000 data requests from government agents in 71 countries in the first half of 2013, according to the company’s first Global Government Requests Report, which it published [Tuesday]. The report comprises both criminal and national security requests made in the first six months of the year, with half of those requests coming from the United States.

via Governments Requested Information On 38,000 Facebook Users In The First Half Of 2013 | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.

Facebook Finally Gets Hashtag Support | Mashable

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Facebook Finally Gets Hashtag Support | Mashable

According to the Facebook announcement, users will be able to:

  • Search for a specific hashtag from your search bar. For example, #NBAFinals.
  • Click on hashtags that originate on other services, such as Instagram.
  • Compose posts directly from the hashtag feed and search results.

Facebook Finally Gets Hashtag Support