NEW YORK – Facebook on Thursday added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status.
The world's largest online social network also gives its users the option to list themselves as single, married, in an open relationship or "it's complicated," among others.
The option for civil unions or domestic partnerships is only available to Facebook users in the U.S., Canada,
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TRIPOLI (AFP) – Access to social networking site Facebook was cut in the Libyan capital on Friday and access to the
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Figures released Thursday by Internet tracker eMarketer indicated that more than half of US Internet users log in monthly to Facebook while about 20 million US online adults "tweet."
An estimated 57 percent of Internet users, about 132.5 million people, will log in to Facebook monthly this year, according to eMarketer.
By 2013, 62 percent
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LONDON (AFP) – Support group Samaritans launched a service on Facebook on Monday to help people who express suicidal thoughts online.
Facebook users who see a friend has posted status updates or wall posts that suggest they may be considering taking their own life will be able to report them confidentially to Samaritans via the website's help centre.
The charity, which
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Facebook adds civil unions option to profiles
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