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Frustrations over Facebook’s lax privacy policies have risen quite high in recent times, which makes the fact that someone was able to hack the social site and make public some of Mark Zuckerberg’s private photos all the more satisfying.

A woman in Ireland is unable to list the name of her hometown on her Facebook profile because it’s Effin, Ireland. Not “f***in’ Ireland”… Effin, Ireland.

The turkeys staff members here at TheFW are thankful for our fabulous readers and want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of the season, we’d like to offer a cornucopia of Thanksgiving greetings for you to post and share with the butterballs loved ones in your life. Gobble Gobble!

Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media sites have changed the way young people interact with each other, but according to a survey from Poll Position, the majority of Americans don’t think this has been a change for the better.

Try not to act too surprised, but Kat Von D learned that ex-fiance Jesse James cheated on her with at least 19 different women over the last year. She posted the news and aired some grievances in a note on her Facebook page yesterday.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Facebook may have changed the way we communicate, keep up with long lost friends and pretend that we're doing actual work in the office, but it has come at a great cost to privacy. Now the federal government is forcing the social networking giant to ask all 800 million of their users if they wish to “opt out” of certain settings and features that might expose some of t

In a famous scene from Rob Reiner’s brilliant heavy metal mockumentary  ’This Is Spinal Tap,’ Spinal Tap’s guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows off a custom-made amplifier that goes up all the way up to “11.” To celebrate the beloved cinematic moment, a Facebook group wants to capitalize on this once-in-a-century opportunity to make 11/11/11 “Nigel Tufnel Day.”

Before Facebook, Twitter and the internet, how did people spread news to one another? We assume newspapers, talky pictures and the Victrola but we aren’t sure what any of those things are. Telephone poles were probably useful in getting out a message to the community. Espe ...

Being a zombie on Facebook seems a lot more appealing than being one in real life. And thanks to AMC, it’s super easy. In fact, all you have to do to get a highly-detailed zombie version of yourself is visit the Facebook page for the AMC series ‘The Walking Dead.’

Courtney Stodden, the 17-year-old child bride of 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison, can’t keep her Facebook profile active. According to Stodden’s mom Krista Keller, Courtney has tried to maintain a Facebook fan page “eight or 10 times” and each one gets taken down without explanation. Keller’s mom calls this tactic “bullying” on the part of the social network.

Courtney Stodden, the 17-year-old bride of 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison, has apparently had her Facebook page pulled. And it’s not the first time it’s happened.

Facebook announced a big overhaul of their user profile design at yesterday’s f8 developers conference. The redesign includes a chronological sorting of each user’s life in a feature they’ve dubbed the Timeline. The feature automatically sorts all of a user’s Facebook activity over time (so you’ll be able to easily access those embarrassing wall exchanges with your old exes) and offers the ability