An Australian businessman accused of selling “friends” from the social networking site Facebook hit back Friday, saying it would be “very difficult” to stop him. Facebook warned Thursday that members who bought information from the Australian online marketing company uSocial.net could be banned from the site. Leon Hill, 24, who founded and owns uSocial.net, agreed…
Montana officer resigns over Facebook comments
Associated Press reports that Cody Anderson, a Bozeman, Montana police officer who wrote on his Facebook page that there should be a law allowing police to take people to jail for being “stupid” has resigned. According to AP: Anderson apologized for his online comment last month, saying it didn’t “reflect an attitude or atmosphere within…
Student accused of accessing Palin’s email can’t screen jury on political views
The Associated Press reports that a federal judge in Knoxville denied a request by lawyers for David C. Kernell to screen potential jurors by questionnaire about their political views and their attitudes about Sarah Palin. Kernell is on trial after being indicted (pdf) for accessing Palin’s e-mail account. He allegedly figured out the correct answers…
Google acts to quell critics of book deal
Kelly Fiveash reports: Google has written a letter to 16 European Union publishers in an effort to allay some of their concerns about Mountain View’s digital books settlement in the US. According to today’s Financial Times, Google has agreed to have two non-US reps on the governing board of the registry that will oversee the…