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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Facebook

Economy

Who’s in your wallet? Facebook?

Bill CatlinBill Catlin August 6, 2018, 12:58 PM Aug 6, 2018
15

Facebook wants your bank to cough up your data, according to a Wall Street Journal report Monday. Read more →

This or That

A Facebook reckoning

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2018, 9:24 AM Mar 26, 2018
38

Facebook is denying that it has kept track of your text messages and phone calls without your knowledge if you use an Android phone.

Oh, they’ve done that, mind you. But Facebook says it told you. Read more →

Crime and Justice

MN Appeals Court weakens state’s child solicitation law

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2016, 1:33 PM Aug 8, 2016
14

The issue is an intriguing one that has not been addressed by either the Minnesota Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a person have to know he’s soliciting sex from a minor to be convicted of soliciting sex from a minor?
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Crime and Justice

In breaking news, the world turns to Facebook

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2016, 12:39 PM Jul 7, 2016
18

The video of the police killing of Philando Castile has cemented Facebook’s increasing role as a primary source of news in the country.

Is there anything wrong with that? Read more →

Politics

Superior mayor tests a right to hate the Obamas

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2015, 7:33 AM Dec 23, 2015
96

Bruce Hagen, the mayor Superior, Wisc., is in trouble with some of his constituents for making a personal opinion on his Facebook page, adding more fuel to a growing debate in America: What link should there — or shouldn’t there — be between someone’s personal opinion (no matter how insipid) and their public role? Read more →

War

Camerawoman to sue Facebook, refugee over tripping

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 21, 2015, 1:37 PM Oct 21, 2015
3

Petra Laszlo, the woman who tripped refugees while filming them escaping from custody in Hungary last month, certainly has a knack for public relations. Read more →

Can Facebook ‘unfriending’ count as workplace bullying?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2015, 3:13 PM Sep 28, 2015
17

Has too much of our routine been handed over to Facebook? This story from Australia might provide a clue. Read more →

Health

Deleted FB post memorializing Hopkins man was misunderstanding

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2014, 7:16 AM Aug 8, 2014
0

Earlier this week, Steven Bergknoff posted a link to a substance abuse fundraiser in memory of his brother on a Facebook page dedicated to memorials for Hopkins High School students who have died. “It was a long, almost 5-year battle that he had to fight,” Bergknoff said. The post was taken down by the site’s Read more →

People doing good

Facebook outpouring can’t mask shunning of special needs children

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 10:58 AM Feb 12, 2014
2

How bad can we be at shunning? This is the second mother in a week who’s had to turn to strangers for what people in the community should be providing. Read more →

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