The New Oxford American Dictionary (OAD) has announced that its Word of the Year for 2009 is “unfriend”. This is defined as the act of removing a friend from a list of friends in a social network site, notably Facebook.

Rodney Bradford from New York City was arrested for robbery charges and was freed 12 days later from Riker’s Island after a Facebook message he sent proved that he was nowhere near the scene when the crime was committed.

Facebook was awarded $711 million in damages against spammer Sanford Wallace for his massive junk messages sent to users of the social networking site.

An online poll which asked if President Barack Obama should be assassinated is being investigated by the United States Secret Service. The survey, posted on Facebook over the weekend, was immediately removed after company officials were alerted to its existence.

Hot on the heels of the international launch of Facebook Lite, yet another enhancement to the already excellent Facebook experience was introduced today: Status Tagging.

Facebook Lite, the lightweight and cleaner version of Facebook was launched internationally on Friday following its debut in the U.S.Thursday night.

Don’t ‘friend’ your boss and then bitch about your job! Here’s a message that a girl posted on her status update expressing her dismay for her boss and her occupation.

The big news on social media today was Facebook’s acquisition of Friendfeed and Hitlers was not very pleased about it.

In October, a man from Texas named Kelly Hildebrandt and a woman from Florida, also named Kelly Hildebrandt, will tie the knot.

… all because it was advertised as an “all night” party over Facebook.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has acknowledged that details about the personal life and home of the new incoming MI6 chief can be found on Facebook. He denies, however, that they compromise the country’s overall security.