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The French government is notorious for banning the use of English words as a way of maintaining French language and culture. However, a recent ruling by the French government, which now makes it illegal to speak the words "Facebook" or "Twitter" on television or radio newscasts, isn't as shocking as you might think.

This sweet 16 turned sour pretty quickly. A girl in Hamburg, Germany had 1,500 people show up to her 16th birthday party after she posted an invitation to the bash on Facebook - but accidentally made it a public event.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is known for setting random personal challenges for himself and successfully completing them. Last year, for example, he pledged to master Mandarine Chinese. This year, the 27-year-old CEO has one-upped himself by vowing to only consume meat in which he's killed himself.

Staying in touch is more important than staying in smell. A new survey from McCann Worldgroup of more than 6,000 people around the world found about half would be willing to give up their sense of smell over the ability to engage in social networking.

I check my Facebook before I check my email...it's true. If you are the same way, you might want to know that because of our obsession with Facebook it is KILLING AMERICAN BUSINESS. According to a new survey by Arizona Republic, the average employee's social networking costs their company $10,790 a year in lost productivity...

An Israeli couple recently named their newborn daughter "Like," as in, the button you press when you enjoy a post on the popular social media site Facebook. This is how the girl's father, Lior Adler, explained the name to the German press agency dpa: "If once people gave Biblical names and that was the icon, then today is one of the most famous icons in the world...

If you're deep in debt, here's a tiny bit of relief.  You know that debt collector who's been trying to hunt you down?  Now he can't legally harass your long lost friends from elementary school to get you to pay up. Apparently, debt collectors have been trying to SHAME people into paying up by tracking them down on Facebook . . . then harassing their FACEBOOK FRIENDS.

There are certain things on Facebook you want the world to see, like photos at your niece's baptism.  And there are things you don't want anyone but your close friends to see, like the photos from when you got drunk at the baptism and skinny dipped. According to a new study, almost none of us have ANY IDEA what we are and aren't making public on our Facebook profiles.

A start-up company called Cloud Girlfriend claims it will create the virtual, social network-friendly girlfriend you don't have in real life. According to Cloud Girlfriend's Web site, this is how the process works: Step 1: Define your perfect girlfriend. Step 2: We bring her into existence. Step 3: Connect and interact with her publicly on your favorite social network. Step 4: Enjoy a public long

Over the weekend, 21-year-old Robert Driscoll of Trafford, Pennsylvania wanted to propose to his girlfriend, 20-year-old Crystal Yamnitsky.  But he didn't have any money. So while they were at a party at a friend's house, Robert STOLE that friend's engagement ring.  And then he gave it to Crystal. She immediately took a photo of it and posted it on Facebook.  She wrote, quote, "Look what Robb

Got one of those friends who CONSTANTLY floods Facebook with photos?  Like . . . you haven't talked to her since high school, but you've seen 8,000 pictures of every vacation she's taken in the past five years? Yeah . . . she's got self-esteem issues.

Today, we're excited to introduce our new commenting system, powered by Facebook. Starting right now, you can comment on and "like" our posts right on the site using your Facebook login, and share them instantly with your friends on Facebook, too. You'll also be able to post when logged into a Yahoo account (and even more ways to comment coming soon). More useful info on the update below