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Schoolgirls suspended for 'bad language'
Using their freedom of speech on social networking site Facebook proved costly for six girls in a Vadodara convent. They were suspended for a week by their school for using abusive language while referring to the election process of the head girl.
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October 19, 2010 2:23
It acknowledged that some applications on its site, including FarmVille, had improperly shared identifying information about users with advertisers.
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July 26, 2010 1:18
A college student was invited over by a senior she met on Facebook. He allegedly locked her into his bedroom and raped her. With teenagers constantly online, are they aware of dos and don'ts?
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July 16, 2010 1:36
A Vaseline face-whitening application for Facebook in India encouraged men to digitally whiten their profile photos. The app highlighted India's long-standing fairness fixation – but shouldn't the Facebook generation be immune to archaic beliefs?
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May 20, 2010 16:39
The Pakistani authorities cut off access to Facebook following a court's order to block the popular social networking website over a page featuring blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
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June 14, 2009 1:30
Racism has many followes online – an Australian hate group is building a strong community that has one main agenda: curry-bashing.
