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10/29/2012
Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls
Posted 8:37 AM 10/29/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
DEPOK, Indonesia (AP) - When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual predators find new ways to exploit Indonesia's (More)
10/23/2012
Armstrong removes Tour titles from Twitter bio
Posted 12:54 PM 10/23/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Having won seven Tour de France titles is no longer part of Lance Armstrong's Twitter profile. As late as Monday night, Armstrong's bio on the social media site included a mention of his seven Tour wins from 1999-2005, but reference to the race was removed (More)
9/13/2012
Facebook friends get out the vote in large numbers
Posted 8:56 AM 9/13/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's something most politicians can "like": Facebook friends played a big role in getting hundreds of thousands of people to vote in 2010, a new scientific study claims.
Facebook researchers and scientists at the University of California, San Diego conducted a massive (More)
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