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Facebook’s suicide prevention efforts draw mixed review

Environment

In December, Facebook rolled out new tools it said should help with suicide prevention. One psychiatrist, however, while lauding the effort, says the initiative needs some tweaks.

Your online identity after you’ve passed on

Environment

How Facebook can get you fired

Business, Economics and Jobs

Facebook fanatics in Italy

Environment

Facebook Unveils New Search Function

The World

Chinese Microblogging Site Weibo Turns Three

Global Politics

The World’s Mary Kay Magistad looks at the way Weibo is changing the relationship between Chinese people and their government.

Facebook vs. Google: The Ad Model Cage Match

How much are Facebook ads – and by extension, Facebook itself – really worth? To find out, we’re talking with  Ralph Folz, CEO of Wordstream, a Boston-based software company in the search marketing space, and pitting  Facebook’s ad model in a cage match against the raining heavy-weight advertising champion, Google.

China Cracks Down on Social Media Sites Over ‘Rumors’

Global Politics

Over the weekend, China cracked down on Internet use, including shutting off the comments section of the Chinese version of Twitter – Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo.

Chinese Online Anger Over Train Tragedy

Conflict & Justice

Saturday night’s train crash has unleashed an almost unprecedented online response of public outrage in China.

The World

Your Take: Leaving Facebook?

Arts, Culture & Media

Facebook may have lost six million American users during May according to a group that tracks the site. While this is just a small percent of the social network’s 700 million users world wide, we asked listeners why they may have left the site.