7 Times Facebook Activity Got People Into Legal Trouble

Spending time on Facebook could earn you time behind bars

Just ask Mark Zuckerberg — the site's founder and CEO has seen many a lawsuit thanks to his global platform. There was that time the Winklevoss twins sued him for the site's ownership, and the class action lawsuit that claimed Facebook read user messages. There's even a new lawsuit claiming Zuckerberg lets his company's directors pay themselves too much

See also: The Evolution of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Profile

However, e-citizens of the Facebook world don't let Zuckerberg have all the fun. Plenty of people have engaged in dubious activity that has netted them lawsuits and jail time Read more...

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No, Facebook Home Isn't Dead (Yet)

Much of the original engineering team that created Facebook Home, including product director Adam Mosseri, is no longer working on the Android launcher app, according to a report that called the app's future into question

A Facebook spokesperson told Mashable that the company is still offering Home, and has a team "dedicated to supporting it." However, the spokesperson did not comment on specific individuals on Facebook's engineering team

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CEO Mark Zuckerberg made headlines earlier this year when he confirmed Facebook would be releasing more standalone apps in the near future. True to his word, the company has already debuted two new ones in 2014: news reader app Paper and ephemeral-messaging client Slingshot Read more...

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Facebook Responds to Negative Reactions to Its Experiment on Users

The furor surrounding Facebook's decision to conduct an experiment that secretly manipulated the News Feed of some users to study emotion contagion reached a peak this weekend, with many calling the act creepy at best, and downright unethical at worst



Although the editor of the study recently admitted to being "a little creeped out" by the way in which the study was conducted, Facebook itself had not offered any detailed comment on the matter — until now

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In a public post on Facebook, one of the co-authors of the study, Adam D. I. Kramer, a member of Facebook's Core Data Science Team, finally responded to the study's critics Read more...

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12 Photos That Illustrate Everyday Connections

Last week, we asked Mashable readers to participate in a photo challenge themed around connections to celebrate Social Media Day on June 30.

We were pleased to see such creativity among the submissions. There were photos of wires connecting one device to another, perfect shots of bridges connecting islands to the mainland, portraits of families joining hands and macro images of spider webs.

See also: 15 Photos That Capture Kindness

Scroll through our featured picks, below. And don't forget to join the #SMDay celebrations that are happening worldwide. Whether you're here with us in New York, or are based outside of the U.S., there are plenty of opportunities to connect with others. Read more...

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Dutch Airline Sparks Anger Over World Cup Tweet

Welcome to the latest episode of stupid brand tweets, World Cup edition.

Sunday's social media gaffe comes to us courtesy of The Netherlands' Royal Dutch Airlines, also known as KLM. The airline felt the need to kick Mexican fans when they were down, posting a racially insensitive tweet soon after the Dutch World Cup squad stormed from behind in the final minutes of its match against Mexico to knock them from the tournament

It's Adios Amigo to @KLM's Adios Amigos tweet. The company has now deleted it http://bitly.com/1mL32Vf

— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) June 29, 2014

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Anger Builds Over Facebook's Emotion-Manipulation Study

A recently published study that manipulated Facebook News Feeds has sparked outrage among users who are criticizing the ethics behind the experiment, which was conducted by Facebook and several universities.

Researchers tweaked the feeds of 689,003 users to show a disproportionate number of positive or negative statuses for one week in January 2012. They found that the emotions of others on your News Feed can affect your mood, and published the results in the journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). However, the researchers did not inform users that they were manipulating News Feeds, and many questioned the study's ethics Read more...

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Experience the NYC Pride March in Endless Six-Second Loops

The streets of New York lit up in every color of the rainbow this weekend to celebrate LGBT pride. The annual NYC Pride March took place Sunday along the parade route from Herald Square all the way down to the West Village.

See also: The Evolution of the Pride Parade, From Somber March to Celebration

Mashable was front and center at the march, bringing you live interviews and event coverage. We used Vine to capture six-second clips of the flags, floats and painted faces throughout the festival

Get in on the action by watching these can't-miss moments, below:

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