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Facebook has found itself at the core of a heated controversy after the popular social-networking Web site removed photos of breast-feeding mothers. The company threatened to close the account of 23-year-old Heather Farley after she posted two photos of herself breast-feeding her infant daughter.

The move has launched protests by Facebook members and pro-breast-feeding groups. Facebook officials told The Washington Post they are not against breast-feeding and refer to it as "beautiful," but photos that show nipples violate its terms-of-use policy.

Facebook's leaders are smiling as the company announced an antispam victory. The popular social-networking Web site was awarded more than $873 million in damages Friday against a Canadian spammer who was sending sexually explicit images to Facebook users.

Adam Guerbuez and Atlantis Blue Capital were ordered to pay Facebook the damages by U.S. District Court Judge Jeremey Fogel in San Jose, Calif. And Guerbuez can no longer access Facebook. The ruling came after four months of court arguments.

Facebook has added yet another change to the way it does business -- resulting in a slew of angry developers and users.

The social-networking Web site on Tuesday announced a new application-verification program, an optional new system that will give registered application developers a seal of approval -- for a fee.

The move has made developers angry, with some posting their disappointment on Facebook's developer forum. Many developers believe the program is genius, but the fee that comes with the seal of approval is what has them angry.

New Program's Pros

Facebook has added yet another change to the way it does business -- resulting in a slew of angry developers and users.

The social-networking Web site on Tuesday announced a new application-verification program, an optional new system that will give registered application developers a seal of approval -- for a fee.

The move has made developers angry, with some posting their disappointment on Facebook's developer forum. Many developers believe the program is genius, but the fee that comes with the seal of approval is what has them angry.

New Program's Pros

Sayonara, arrivederci, and adios to the old Facebook.

No matter which way you say it, Facebook's 100 million global users said good-bye Wednesday to the old version of Facebook and hello to the final version of the social-networking Web site's face-lift.

It was no secret that users would be switched to the new version. Last week Mark Slee, Facebook product manager, said the time was coming.

Popular social-networking Web site Facebook is fighting back against hackers.

Users of the social-networking site recently bit a dangling carrot that hackers used to lure them to other Web sites, only to learn that they were victims of a malicious hacker attack.

Hackers, impersonating members' friends, attacked Facebook by convincing users on Facebook's Wall to view a video link that they said was hosted by Google. The Wall is a place were members post messages for friends.

When the executives of social-networking Web site Facebook sued a German-based business that had launched a copycat site, it was accepted as a good move -- but was Facebook just sour over an offer gone bad?

Facebook officials filed suit against StudiVZ, a Germany-based social-networking Web site that is a near clone of Facebook, in a California court, saying the German site infringed on Facebook's look, feel, design and services.

Finnish handset maker Nokia has taken GPS a step further with the announcement Monday that it is acquiring Plazes, the developer of a social-networking Web site that lets friends locate each other.

Currently in beta, the Berlin-based Plazes site lets users update their locations and activities using either Plazes software or by sending text messages. Users can subscribe to activity streams from their friends or groups of friends, as well as to streams from specific locations.