Facebook Invades Recent Headlines

Facebook Invades Recent Headlines

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Facebook, the popular social networking site that is used by most students at colleges and universities, has been all over the news in recent days.

For starters, the website recently began rolling out a new design of Facebook Pages, which are specifically created for businesses, brands and other organizations. They which will now look and operate more like user profiles, according to CNN. Administrators will now have the ability to post and comment on other pages through a "Login as Page" feature, as well as add information about their brand at the top of the page under the main title.

And similar to user profiles, business pages can now feature relevant photos at the top of the screen.

"We strongly believe you should have consistent experiences when possible," Rohit Dhawan, the lead product manager for Facebook Pages, told the media outlet.

Friday was a big day for the social networking site as organizers of the Egyptian protests, which celebrated a victory as President Hosni Mubarak resigned, credited Facebook for helping drive the revolution. Wael Ghonim, a marketing manager for Google who played a key role in organizing the first protest on January 25, said that Facebook was a big part of the success of the uprising.

In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Ghonim said that he would like to meet Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and thank him on behalf of Egypt. He said that the revolution started on the website.

According to MSNBC, Susan Rice a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations admitted recently that media tools like Facebook and Twitter had an "enormous impact" on the events in Cairo.

"The power of this technology, the power of social networking to channel and champion public sentiment, has been more evident in the past few weeks than ever before," Rice said during on a recent town hall meeting in San Francisco.

Students who are accruing college credits by taking law or human resource classes may also be interested in a recent court decision in Connecticut. A female employee who was fired by American Medical Response of Connecticut, an ambulance company, after posting negative comments about her boss on Facebook.

The woman sued the company, and in turn the organization has changed its policy that bars workers from disparaging their employers or supervisors.

The settlement "really has expanded the free speech rights of American workers. If they are communicating about the workplace, and they're talking about their supervisors, then it's a protected activity," said one law professor, according to CBS News.

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Guy is a Connecticut-based writer who graduated with a bachelor's degree in new media from Fairfield University. Following graduation, he was a freelance reporter for several web-based music and news organizations. Guy is particularly interested in the advancement of online education. He is currently taking college courses at New York University (NYU) and pursuing a second degree in education.
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