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I am sooooo bored with Facebook! Can you name some other "social networks" like Facebook.com?

A 14-year-old private school student on Montreal's South Shore who had been the victim of vicious bullying found classmates rallying to his aid after his story exploded on social media. More...

AP - Social issues dominated the 2012 presidential race Friday, as President Barack Obama tried to calm a storm over religion and birth control and the Republicans vying to replace him jockeyed to outdo each other in proving their conservative fervor. More...

The latest bit of skullduggery involves using ascii characters to impersonate Facebook’s security team and steal credit card data from users of the social network. What are your thoughts? Click here to view the original post.

AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called Friday for immediate cuts to Social Security benefits, risking the wrath of older voters and countless others who balk at changes to the entitlement program. More...

AP - On issues from air pollution to contraception, President Barack Obama has broken sharply with liberal activists and come down on the side of business interests and social conservatives as he moves more to the political middle for his re-election campaign. More...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) puts thousands of Americans at risk of identity theft each year by accidentally leaking their Social Security Numbers, names and dates of birth, according to an investigative report by the Scripps Howard New Service. What are your thoughts? Click here to...

Facebook just got safer, according to a press release last week from the social networking giant and the Internet security firm Websense. More...

Facebook has partnered with security vendor Websense to protect its users from third-party malicious URLs spammed on the social networking website, the companies said on Monday. More...

Network security pros think use of social media at work is good for business, but also creates risks they don't have the tools to address, according to a Ponemon Institute survey. More...

You may now be savvy enough to know that when a friend reaches out on Facebook and says they've been mugged in London and are in desperate need of cash, that it's a scam. But social engineers, the criminals that pull off these kinds of ploys by trying to trick you, are one step ahead. More...

Social engineering attacks are widespread, frequent and cost organizations thousands of dollars annually according to new research from security firm Check Point Software Technologies. More...

When it comes to social engineering attacks, larger companies attract more of them, and when they are victimized it costs more per incident, according to a survey sponsored by Check Point. More...

A group of security researchers based in Egypt have created a tool that will make social engineering easier because it automates the collection of hidden Facebook profile data that is otherwise only accessible to friends in a user's network. More...

Scrambling to deter future violent rioting, the U.K. government is considering shutting down social networks such as Twitter and Facebook during civil disturbances, but the heavy-handed proposal is already drawing criticism. More...

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he is considering a ban on social networking to help curb the riots that have rocked the country. More...

Social engineers have been using various dirty tricks to fool people for centuries. Social engineering, the art of gaining access to buildings, systems or data by exploiting human psychology, rather than by breaking in or using technical hacking techniques, is as old as crime itself and has been...

While Google's new social network, Google+, is barely a week old, it's already received a lot of attention from tech pundits and the social media community. And as with any new online service, understanding how to control your information is essential. More...

The P.E.I. Tourism Department is paying people to promote the Island through social media. Three digital ambassadors are working their friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter to get tourists to visit P.E.I. this summer. In Toronto it's PEICristina, whose Twitter profile she says she's...

A postal strike that could start on Wednesday will make it more difficult for people on social assistance on P.E.I. to receive cheques from the government. If the mail stops, the postal union has offered to deliver social assistance cheques but Bob Creed, director of social programs, told CBC...