NEW YORK  —  A Long Island teenager is suing Facebook and four former high school classmates for allegedly bullying her in a private forum on the social networking site.

Denise Finkel, now a student at the University of Albany, filed suit in Manhattan for $3 million.

She’s claiming the former Oceanside High School classmates created a password protected Facebook group to — quote — “…hold the plaintiff up to public hatred, ridicule and disgrace.” – Fox News

Perhaps the teenager should be confronting the former high school classmates and holding them accountable for the harassment instead of Facebook about this issue. Although social networks such as Facebook make it a lot easier to bully others, especially anonymously and in groups…

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Facebook has been the victim of five different security problems in the past week, says Trend Micro.

According to the security firm, four hoax applications have become available on the social network along with a new variation of the Koobface virus, which was first detected at the end of last year, and directs users to a fake YouTube page where they are encouraged to install malware. – PC World

Facebook applications were never meant to be installed. If you are not sure what the application does exactly and receive an invite from an unknown person, don’t install the application to your profile! Most applications are useless, and keep in mind that anyone can create an application. That includes criminals and stalkers who have a lot more time on their hands to do terrible things like this.

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