Facebook and the state of Washington have filed separate lawsuits against Adscend Media, alleging the company was responsible for spreading malware and for stealing personal information from Facebook users.
A new blueprint by which Google will share user information across its offerings, similar to how Facebook does, is geared to enhance the experience, but critics fear the move is a privacy quagmire.
In a reprisal for the government's takedown of MegaUpload.com, the hacker group Anonymous has apparently shuttered recording and movie industry websites, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice.
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