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i'm with you. based of FB's past history, this is fuckin terrifying.

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agreed!!!

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The map above is the result of his attempts to visualise where people live relative to their Facebook friends. Each line connects cities with pairs of friends. The brighter the line, the more friends between those cities.

After tweaking the graphic and data set it produced a "surprisingly detailed map of the world," he said in a blog post.

"Not only were continents visible, certain international borders were apparent as well," he wrote.

"What really struck me, though, was knowing that the lines didn't represent coasts or rivers or political borders, but real human relationships."

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Winklevoss twins gamble $65m for Facebook fortune

Three Harvard graduates are to gamble a $65m settlement they made with Facebook over who came up with the idea for the site, in an effort to get more money.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Divya Narendra argue that at the time of the settlement Facebook misrepresented its stock price, robbing them of millions.

The three accuse Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for what has become the world's biggest social network.

Mr Zuckerberg, who also attended Harvard, has always denied the claims.

But in 2008, after years of legal wrangling, Facebook agreed a multi-million dollar deal to put an end to the "rancorous litigation".

Nearly three years later, the Winklevoss twins and Mr Narendra want the case heard again.

On Tuesday, they will ask the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to undo the original settlement so they can legally pursue Facebook for more money and once again try to wrest an admission from Mr Zuckerberg that he stole their idea.

"The settlement they reached involved $20m in cash and $45m in stock based on a valuation of $36 a share," said Jerome Falk, senior attorney for the Winklevoss twins and Mr Narendra.

"Facebook failed to disclose that at about the same time its board of directors had approved a valuation of $9 a share which was to be the basis of stock options for key employees. Facebook did not disclose this significant piece of information."

Mr Falk and his legal team will argue that under American Securities Law, issuers of stock are obliged to make full disclosure of all facts.

"This was a highly material fact and the fact they didn't disclose it is a violation of federal security law," Mr Falk told BBC News.

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stupid kids...

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Two students have been suspended, and one student has been expelled, over negative Facebook postings they made about a teacher. The individuals are in seventh grade at Chapel Hill Middle School, meaning they are either 12 or 13 years old, according to My Fox Atlanta. The children are accused of violating a portion of the school code that is a ?level one? offense, the worst possible: ?Falsifying, misrepresenting, omitting, or erroneously reporting? allegations of inappropriate behavior by a school employee toward a student, according to AJC.

Alejandra Sosa, an honor roll student, said she regretted posting a Facebook status calling her teacher a pedophile. She has been suspended for 10 days. ?I was just expressing myself on Facebook, because like I said I was mad that day because of what he [did],? Sosa said in a statement. ?So, I mean I had no intentions of ruining his reputation.?

Sosa is currently drafting an apology to her teacher. At the same time though, she said her school principal, Jolene Morris, violated her privacy by ordering her to log into her Facebook account at a school library computer. Morris then reportedly read the offending post and ensuing responses from friends before ordering Sosa to delete the posts. As many as 15 children made two dozen posts about the teacher in the Facebook conversation, but their penalties were not as severe (for example, a one-day suspension from school).

William Lambert, also an honor roll student, had the same feelings as Sosa after he was reprimanded for calling the same teacher a rapist. He has also been suspended. ?I shouldn?t have done it,? Lambert said in a statement. ?Because I could have still been at school, like right now, if I never had commented on the post.?

Taylor Tindle was expelled for posting that the same teacher is bipolar. The student?s mother asked not to be identified but said she believed the school?s punishment did not fit the crime and pointed out that her child did not even get a chance to apologize before getting kicked out.

At least two of the students? families plan to hire attorneys. Douglas County School officials said the three students violated the disciplinary code but that they could not comment because the parents plan to fight the disciplinary charges in a school tribunal on March 10, 2011. The students could face even harsher penalties, including expulsion and banishment to a school for children with behavior problems.

The case will be very important in deciding what falls under free speech and what the school can discipline students for. We?ll definitely be hearing more about this one as Facebook and other social networks continue to grow in popularity.

While I do agree that what these students said was wrong, I don?t believe they should be punished for what they did. They need to be disciplined, sure, but the school should not have a right to get involved. This is a very fine line we?re talking about.

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Parents plan on hiring attorneys? Go fuck yourself. Quit living in a dream world that your children can do no wrong and face facts. Fuck I hate reading shit like this.

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WTF, guns aren't cool anymore??