Lawyers

• Minister accused of buying FB likes from “click farms” for Cambodia Prime Minister, Facebook war goes to court

  Minister Som Soeun was accused by Opposition Leader, Sam Rainsy, of harboring likes from "click farms." In his post, Rainsy alleged Soeun of receiving a message from an Undersecretary of State directing him to campaign for Cambodia Prime Minsiter's facebook page. Soeun answers with a lawsuit against Rainsy for "twisting the truth."

• Tech firms on alert as U.S. top court takes up class action case

  The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Monday whether to nip in the bud a class action lawsuit against online search service Spokeo Inc in a case closely watched by Silicon Valley companies that face similar claims.

• Facebook must hand over New York users' info to prosecutors, court rules

  Facebook Inc cannot challenge search warrants New York prosecutors used to get information from its site on hundreds of users suspected of Social Security fraud, a state appeals court said on Tuesday, in a decision likely making it harder for New Yorkers to keep their digital lives private.

• Facebook may sue lawyers over fugitive's lawsuit: NY judge

  Facebook Inc may pursue a lawsuit against law firms that represented a New York man who recently turned fugitive rather than face federal charges that he tried to defraud founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the company, a judge ruled on Monday.

• Facebook report shows slight rise in government requests for data

  Facebook Inc recorded a slight increase in government requests for account data in the second half of 2014, according to its Global Government Requests Report, which includes information about content removal.

• French minister visits U.S. Internet firms about militants' messaging

  France's chief internal security official is traveling to California's Silicon Valley to discuss his government's concerns about violent jihadist social media messaging with leading tech and Internet companies.

• Apple, Facebook will pay for female employees to freeze their eggs

  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O) will help pay for female employees to freeze their eggs, signaling a willingness to spend on perks and benefits in a race to acquire top-flight talent.

• Goldman Sachs wins role stabilizing early trade in Alibaba IPO: source

  Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) will be the bank in charge of overseeing early share trading in China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (IPO-BABA.N) initial public offering, according to a source.

• Class action against Facebook attracts 60,000 users

  An Austrian law student said his class action challenging Facebook (FB.O) for alleged privacy violations had gathered support from 60,000 users and passed its first legal review.

• Privacy company files FTC complaint against Facebook over newsfeed manipulation

  In the organization's response to Facebook's purported data manipulation, EPIC has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over the 2012 study, the Wire reported. According to EPIC, Facebook have violated privacy laws when it had conducted the experiment without the consent of its users

• Video game maker sues Oculus VR over IP claims concerning virtual-reality headset

  Video game maker ZeniMax claimed in its complaint filed yesterday that virtual-reality goggles creator Oculus VR Inc had stolen trade secrets, know how and other intellectual property to develop its breakthrough product, Bloomberg reported.

• Appeals court spares Facebook from privacy claims

  Facebook Inc won a small victory today in court yesterday when the US Court of Appeals in San Francisco decided to dismiss the claims made by its users that the social network has violated its own user agreement on privacy, Bloomberg reported.

• Facebook Turns 10: Mark Zuckerberg Reflects On Pervasive Influence Of Social Media Site

  In a recent interview with NBC's the "Today" show, mogul, boy-genius and CEO Mark Zuckerberg indicated that his brainchild -Facebook- said that the ubiquitous social media site still is in its infancy with still room to grow. Zuckerberg remains " so grateful to have the opportunity.. to serve so many people... and the best is yet to come."

• Derek Medina: Miami Man Reportedly Kills Wife & Posts Photo on Facebook (Video)

  31-year-old Derek Medina incriminated himself on Facebook, posting a picture of his wife's blood-stained body on his Facebook page, and said that he killed her. Medina turned himself in to police, according to his arrest affidavit. He was charged with first degree murder