Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the booming social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is launching a startup to promote charitable efforts. Hughes, 26, announced the launch of the non-profit new venture, called "Jumo," on his personal blog at chrishughes.tumblr.com on Thursday. "There are no magic solutions to the challenges ...

A widespread phishing campaign is making the rounds that claims to be from Facebook but is meant to infect victims' PCs, researchers said.The fraudulent emails arrive with a note stating that the ...

Criminals beware! US law enforcement authorities may be stalking you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or Twitter. Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveal some of the ways the FBI and tax agents are allowed to use social networks for investigative purposes. The documents were posted this week on the website of ...

Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an email scam that attempts to steal their passwords, Web security firm McAfee said. McAfee said on Wednesday some users of the world's most popular social networking site were receiving emails that appeared to be from Facebook informing them their Facebook password had been reset and to click on an attachment to ...