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Facebook comes up with new ways to reach out to the suicidal
Where would you turn, and what would you do, if you saw a post that seemed suicidal from a Facebook friend? Facebook has some answers. 
How nine out of ten healthcare pages leak private data
A recent study has shown that nine out of ten visits to health-related web pages result in data being leaked to third parties like Google, Facebook and Experian. That’s not new, so why do we care now? And how does it happen in the first place?
Koppie Koppie sells photos of your kids to prove you shouldn’t post them online
Two “privacy advocates” running an online store that sells mugs printed with pictures of children are intentionally stirring up controversy by grabbing photos from Flickr. The duo behind Koppie Koppie say it’s perfectly legal, but they hope you get mad about it anyway.
Facebook to be sued by Native American over real-name policy
Dana Lone Hill, a member of the Lakota people and one of many Native Americans whom Facebook shut out over erroneous reports of fake names, will head the class action lawsuit. 
WhatsApp spy tool lets anyone track when you’re online
WhatsSpy Public illustrates that fiddling with your privacy settings doesn’t stop people from tracking your status and any changes you’ve made to profile photos, status messages and settings.
What do you mean, “Facebook is now text only”? – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly one-minute security video. Fun, fast…and educational.
Facebook’s new ThreatExchange will rally companies to squash internet badness
Trying to share data on threats is currently a royal pain, Facebook said. The new platform will help companies to collaborate more easily on threats.
How one man could have deleted every photo on Facebook
Facebook is probably the biggest collection of photographs ever assembled so it would be pretty bad if one man could delete every last one of them with his phone. Thankfully that’s what Laxman Muthiyah thought too.
Facebook is telling Native Americans their names are fake
Facebook’s still working on its name policy after problems with the LGBT community. Now Native Americans like Dana Lone Hill and Shane Creepingbear are being locked out while they’re forced to prove they’re for real.